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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 1 gr
1 year
60 mg
1000 years
3 teaspoons

2. about 52 weeks
1760 yards
1 year
Squares (up to 15x15)
KE= 1/2 mv²

3. 1 hour
60 minutes
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
a x b = b x a
.1 gram

4. 2/5
.4
circumference of a circle
PE= mgh
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3

5. 1 centurey
100 years
10 meters
1 decade
a x 1 = a

6. The Distributive Law
a² + b² = c²
1 square yard
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
a(b +c) = ab + ac

7. 1 oz to g
mean
30 g
prime number
3 teaspoons

8. 144 square inches
1 square foot
1 bushel
area of a triangle
composite number

9. 43 -560 square feet
mean
1 tablespoon
10
1 acre

10. 3/4
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
.75
366 days
perimeter of a rectangle

11. 3/4 = _____ %
circumference of a circle
75
60 minims
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1

12. Has other factors besides 1 and itself
area of a triangle
composite number
Area of a Trapezium
area of a square

13. mass
50
g
1000 millimeters
1 bushel

14. 5/8
1000000000000000
Unit fractions
.625
1 pound

15. Nano-n
60 minutes
480 m (minims)
0.000000001 10^-9
1 century

16. 1 mile
day
1760 yards
100 years
.2

17. 1 tablespoon
3 teaspoons
V = Bh / 3
1 square foot
day

18. 2/3 = _____ %
66
33
mean
20 years

19. 4 pecks
1 mile
480 m (minims)
1 bushel
area of a rectangle

20. Light year
1 -000
30mL
480 gr (grain) weight
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles

21. Inch
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
1 day
10 decimeters
water boils

22. Measurement involves two things
30 g
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
Area of a Trapezium

23. 1 mile
20 years
5280 feet
1 acre
1 year

24. 1 week
60 minims
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
median
7 days

25. P a+b+c
year
a x b = b x a
10 decimeters
perimeter of a triangle

26. Ordinal numbers
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1 pound
perimeter of a square

27. The volume of any pyramid
V = Bh / 3
a + 0 = a
day
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight

28. 7 days
1 week
a x 1 = a
5280 feet
10 years

29. 1 meter
100 centimeters
Squares (up to 15x15)
water boils
average body temperature

30. The Identity Law for multiplication
10 decimeters
a x 1 = a
.25
1 square yard

31. 12 months
480 m (minims)
66
1 year
20 years

32. 1 year to wks
1 minute
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
median
about 52 weeks

33. 3/5
.6
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
30 g
PE= mgh

34. 8 quarts
1 peck
24 hours
.001 gram
.875

35. The Associative Law for multiplication
a x 1 = a
.6 repeating
C = 5(F-32)/9
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)

36. volume
L
a + b = b + a
1 square mile
10^6 - 1 -000 -000

37. 1 ton
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
75 gtts
2000 pounds
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)

38. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
1 gtt (drop)
room temperature
10 decimeters

39. 1 score
10 years
1 followed by 100 zeroes
1 millennium
20 years

40. 1 year
1 score
7 days
1 gtt (drop)
12 months

41. 1 hectometer
12 months
100
100 meters
20 years

42. mega-M
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
3 teaspoons
100 grams
g

43. 2 cups
1 pint
10 years
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
1 peck

44. 1 centigram
8 f drams
.01
the short hand
8 drams weight

45. The volume of any prism
the short hand
10 grams
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
8 f drams

46. 2/3
area of a triangle
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
.6 repeating
1 gallon

47. 1 T
15 mL
3.14
100
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1

48. Has no factors except for 1 and itself
area of a square
room temperature
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
prime number

49. 1 mL
.16 (6 repeating)
.2
15 MINIMS
.5

50. 2 pints
day
1 quart
100
30mL