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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 1 -000 years
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
1 millennium
1 acre
about 52 weeks

2. 1 t
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
1 minute
.625
75 gtts

3. 1 cup
10 decimeters
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
g
16 tablespoons

4. 365 days
.8
V = Bh / 3
1 year
area of a circle

5. The middle number in a group of numbers that are arranged in numerical order
1 acre
median
area of a circle
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

6. 366 days
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
1 leap year
multiply by 100

7. quintillion
15 mL
480 gr (grain) weight
1000000000000000000
perimeter of a parallelogram

8. googol
1760 yards
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
10 decimeters
1 followed by 100 zeroes

9. Which hand on a clock indicates the hour?
24 hours
the short hand
8 f drams
1 millennium

10. 144 square inches
C = 5(F-32)/9
L
1 square foot
1000000000000

11. 1 T
area of a square
15 mL
7 days
C = 5(F-32)/9

12. Fractions/Decimal to percent
water boils
multiply by 100
a x 1 = a
1 year

13. 3 teaspoons
1 tablespoon
1000000000000000
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
7 days

14. Percent to Fraction/Decimal
Squares (up to 15x15)
a x b = b x a
PE= mgh
Divide by 100

15. Ordinal numbers
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
60 mg
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
66

16. 1 pound
16 ounces
perimeter of a triangle
average body temperature
.5

17. 12 months
1 century
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
3 feet
1 year

18. kilo
area of a parallelogram
1 -000
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
30 g

19. The volume of any prism
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
25
perimeter of a parallelogram
a + b = b + a

20. 24 hours
1 day
100 grams
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
.625

21. 1 year to wks
prime number
10 decimeters
1 week
about 52 weeks

22. 1 year
1 pint
1 year
1 decade
12 months

23. 3/4 = _____ %
a + b = b + a
perimeter of a triangle
75
24 hours

24. 4/5
1 gallon
.8
0.000001 10^-6
1 hour

25. Has no factors except for 1 and itself
.125
8 f drams
prime number
1 year

26. 2 cups
5280 feet
3 teaspoons
perimeter of a triangle
1 pint

27. 1 kilometer
1000 meters
1 -000
10 decimeters
mean

28. deca
water boils
.83 (3 repeating)
10
units

29. The Distributive Law
16 ounces
perimeter of a square
a(b +c) = ab + ac
75

30. 1 hectometer
100 meters
24 hours
.4
3.14

31. Foot

32. 3/8
1 year
multiply by 100
.375
1 century

33. The Identity Law for addition
1000000000
.01
1 -000
a + 0 = a

34. The Pythagorean theorem
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
a² + b² = c²
100
75

35. 1/2 = _____ %
50
1 square mile
15 gr
a x b = b x a

36. Length
m
composite number
1 minute
1 decade

37. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
area of a rectangle
50
room temperature
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2

38. 212 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
100 years
water boils
.625
100 grams

39. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
1 foot
60 seconds
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
the long hand

40. billion
1000000000
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
1 tablespoon
60 minims

41. 640 acres
1 square mile
.25
range
1000 millimeters

42. 5/8
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
median
.625
L

43. centi
66
perimeter of a triangle
1 pound
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2

44. 4 quarts
the short hand
1 gallon
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
1 score

45. 1 decagram
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
10 grams
F 9C/5 + 32
1 followed by 100 zeroes

46. 1/6
multiply by 100
1 gallon
.16 (6 repeating)
1 score

47. 60 minutes
1 hour
PE= mgh
.5
30 g

48. 1 fl oz
480 m (minims)
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
100 centimeters
the short hand

49. trillion
60 minims
1000000000000
.001 gram
day

50. C pie X d
circumference of a circle
composite number
365 days
1 cup