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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. a.m.
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
prime number
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
range

2. 366 days
room temperature
1 leap year
1000000000000
circumference of a circle

3. 10 years
PE= mgh
1 decade
365 days
7 days

4. 1 year to wks
Cubes (up to 10x10)
a² + b² = c²
1 year
about 52 weeks

5. deca
10
Divide by 100
a x 1 = a
1 decade

6. 1 mile
V = Bh / 3
3 teaspoons
5280 feet
.375

7. 3/8
.375
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
1000000000000000000
8 f drams

8. To change from one unit to another
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
area of a parallelogram
1 century
1000 millimeters

9. 1 meter
1 week
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
100 centimeters
circumference of a circle

10. C 2 X pie X r
circumference of a circle
1 square yard
1000000000000000
the long hand

11. 1 year
480 gr (grain) weight
365 days
.01
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

12. The volume of any prism
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
1 square mile
365 days
3 teaspoons

13. A bXh
area of a parallelogram
1 bushel
a(b +c) = ab + ac
room temperature

14. quadrillion
composite number
1760 yards
50
1000000000000000

15. 1 milligram
.01
0.000001 10^-6
.001 gram
1 yard

16. pi (3 digits)
.75
3.14
prime number
Unit fractions

17. P a+b+c
median
perimeter of a triangle
1 yard
15 mL

18. Has other factors besides 1 and itself
water freezes
composite number
60 minims
.6 repeating

19. 1 hectogram
15 MINIMS
16 ounces
10
100 grams

20. quintillion
year
1000000000000000000
3.14
15 gr

21. 2/3
1 year
15 gr
.6 repeating
60 minims

22. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
a² + b² = c²
mean
day
average body temperature

23. 2 -000 pounds
1 yard
1 yard
area of a circle
1 ton

24. The earth revolves around the sun once in a...
100 years
year
30 g
perimeter of a rectangle

25. 1 pound
1 minute
16 ounces
30mL
a + 0 = a

26. googol
1000000000000000000
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
1 followed by 100 zeroes
1 hour

27. Measurement involves two things
area of a rectangle
perimeter of a triangle
1 cup
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

28. The Commutative Law for addition
room temperature
1 peck
.001 gram
a + b = b + a

29. 4 quarts
a x b = b x a
100
1 gallon
Divide by 100

30. 1 kilogram
1 gallon
KE= 1/2 mv²
60 minutes
1 -000 grams

31. 2/5
circumference of a circle
area of a rectangle
median
.4

32. The Distributive Law
a(b +c) = ab + ac
1 quart
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
a x 1 = a

33. 1 oz to g
.3 repeating
1 pound
30 g
1 gallon

34. Inch
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
.2
Unit fractions
1 millennium

35. 365 days
1 bushel
1 year
.6 repeating
1 square mile

36. 4 quarts
1 hour
10 years
1 gallon
8 f drams

37. P 4XS
area of a rectangle
33
1 year
perimeter of a square

38. 1 year
12 months
60 minims
1 year
10 decimeters

39. Decimal to Fraction
60 minims
1 square foot
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
30 g

40. 16 fluid ounces
1 pound
1 decade
1 pint
area of a parallelogram

41. 1 decade
.625
multiply by 100
10 years
10 grams

42. micro-u
0.000001 10^-6
median
1 pound
8 f drams

43. 1f oz
1 peck
circumference of a circle
8 f drams
1 acre

44. 4 pecks
1 year
multiply by 100
1 bushel
prime number

45. 1 leap year
prime number
366 days
perimeter of a parallelogram
1 pint

46. 1/4 = _____ %
1 year
25
.6
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

47. billion
1 hour
.4
a + 0 = a
1000000000

48. 1 meter
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
10 decimeters
.375
.625

49. Light year
.75
1 week
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

50. The Commutative Law for multiplication
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
a x b = b x a
.125
1 acre