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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
.75
the long hand
8 f drams
1 yard

2. 3 feet
10 years
1 yard
1 -000 grams
circumference of a circle

3. 1 meter
.4
area of a parallelogram
1 ton
10 decimeters

4. 1/8
1 year
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
a + b = b + a
.125

5. 60 minutes
10 years
1 hour
30mL
1 -000 grams

6. Formula for Kinetic Energy
10 meters
16 tablespoons
KE= 1/2 mv²
5

7. 12 months
a + 0 = a
1 yard
1 year
16 ounces

8. A pie X r squared
average body temperature
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
KE= 1/2 mv²
area of a circle

9. deci
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
1 gallon
20 years
.1 gram

10. 1 day
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
15 mL
24 hours
7 days

11. 1 yard
3.14
16 ounces
3 feet
Divide by 100

12. 365 days
water boils
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
1 year
5280 feet

13. 24 hours
10
1 tablespoon
5280 feet
1 day

14. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
perimeter of a parallelogram
.4
area of a circle

15. The volume of any pyramid
V = Bh / 3
area of a circle
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
1 acre

16. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
Squares (up to 15x15)
0.000000001 10^-9
average body temperature
100 meters

17. 1/5
1 foot
.001 gram
1 year
.2

18. deca
100 years
10
Divide by 100
60 mg

19. 1 dram
1000 millimeters
60 gr (grain) weight
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
L

20. Decimal to Fraction
.2
1000000000
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
.875

21. 1 mile
V = Bh / 3
mean
m
5280 feet

22. The Distributive Law
15 MINIMS
1 day
1 ton
a(b +c) = ab + ac

23. 1 minim
15 gr
1 gtt (drop)
.3 repeating
perimeter of a rectangle

24. 1/4
60 minims
.25
10 grams
the long hand

25. 1 cup
1 yard
16 tablespoons
.875
1000 meters

26. 2/3 = _____ %
a + 0 = a
66
multiply by 100
.001 gram

27. 16 ounces
3 feet
1 pound
composite number
16 tablespoons

28. 640 acres
1 square mile
100 meters
a + b = b + a
60 gr (grain) weight

29. Fractions that equal 1
Unit fractions
1000000000000
1 gtt (drop)
16 ounces

30. 1 leap year
366 days
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
1 score
area of a rectangle

31. 1 mile
16 tablespoons
1760 yards
area of a square
C = 5(F-32)/9

32. about 52 weeks
multiply by 100
1000000000000000
1 year
15 mL

33. 1 decagram
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 year
10 grams
1 week

34. Which hand on a clock indicates the hour?
.75
the short hand
1760 yards
1 yard

35. The Identity Law for addition
Area of a Trapezium
day
a + 0 = a
7 days

36. 16 fluid ounces
1 year
5
1 pint
75 gtts

37. 1/6
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
50
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
.16 (6 repeating)

38. 1 centigram
1 decade
.2
F 9C/5 + 32
.01

39. 1 year
12 months
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
.125
1 foot

40. 12 inches
1 foot
area of a circle
25
prime number

41. 7/8
.875
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
prime number
perimeter of a triangle

42. Fractions/Decimal to percent
multiply by 100
1 yard
100 meters
1 yard

43. 2 -000 pounds
1000 years
1 ton
10 meters
1 hour

44. C 2 X pie X r
circumference of a circle
.4
a² + b² = c²
1000000000000

45. Inch
5280 feet
day
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
1 year

46. Light year
15 MINIMS
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1 pint
1 -000

47. 212 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
15 MINIMS
perimeter of a square
.6
water boils

48. 144 square inches
1 pint
1 square foot
C = 5(F-32)/9
1000 meters

49. Nano-n
0.000000001 10^-9
.75
area of a square
composite number

50. 1 tablespoon
a x b = b x a
60 gr (grain) weight
3 teaspoons
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)