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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 1 meter
1 -000 grams
10 decimeters
33
1000000000000000000

2. 1 mile
1 pound
5280 feet
15 gr
1000000000

3. 1 gr
composite number
60 mg
1 hour
15 gr

4. A=1/2(a+b)h
Unit fractions
60 seconds
.375
Area of a Trapezium

5. 1/5
366 days
16 tablespoons
1 quart
.2

6. 1 meter
.3 repeating
1000 millimeters
.1 gram
perimeter of a triangle

7. To change from one unit to another
Cubes (up to 10x10)
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3

8. googol
1000 meters
1 followed by 100 zeroes
Cubes (up to 10x10)
30mL

9. trillion
5
1000000000000
16 ounces
area of a parallelogram

10. 36 inches
1 yard
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
366 days
prime number

11. A S squared
3.14
1 decade
area of a square
water freezes

12. 1/4
Unit fractions
.25
1 square mile
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon

13. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
composite number
L
1 millennium
the long hand

14. 1 cup
16 tablespoons
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
composite number
.25

15. Measurement involves two things
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
.25
1 foot
1000000000000

16. 2/3 = _____ %
5
66
60 gr (grain) weight
1 score

17. 4 pecks
.625
1 bushel
12 months
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)

18. 5/8
1 square mile
1 ton
.625
water freezes

19. The difference between the highest and lowest numerical information
100 meters
1 pound
.2
range

20. 60 minutes
1 mile
1 hour
1 acre
66

21. 1/2 = _____ %
10 decimeters
1 yard
15 gr
50

22. 212 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
L
60 minims
C = 5(F-32)/9
water boils

23. Ordinal numbers
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
.2
60 gr (grain) weight

24. 1 pound
16 ounces
1 cup
1000 meters
the long hand

25. The Distributive Law
the long hand
60 minims
a(b +c) = ab + ac
Area of a Trapezium

26. Foot

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27. billion
.001 gram
a x 1 = a
1000000000000000
1000000000

28. 1 day
day
24 hours
1 square foot
.1 gram

29. 8 quarts
1 peck
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
1 year

30. 1 g
average body temperature
15 gr
.6
1 score

31. 1 oz to gr
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
480 gr (grain) weight
1000 years

32. 1/3 = _____ %
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
33
a x 1 = a
.75

33. 2 pints
year
1 quart
7 days
.001 gram

34. Has other factors besides 1 and itself
Area of a Trapezium
composite number
a + 0 = a
V = Bh where B is the area of the base

35. The volume of any pyramid
1 square foot
average body temperature
V = Bh / 3
.83 (3 repeating)

36. 3/5
water boils
.6
8 f drams
circumference of a circle

37. 1 week
365 days
7 days
water boils
1 leap year

38. A pie X r squared
area of a circle
60 mg
1000 meters
L

39. 1 yard
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
3 feet
area of a parallelogram

40. 4 quarts
1 gallon
Divide by 100
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
area of a circle

41. quintillion
10 grams
1000000000000000000
year
1 foot

42. 144 square inches
1 year
.25
.4
1 square foot

43. A 1/2 X b X h
area of a square
area of a triangle
12 months
10 years

44. 3/4
.75
1 gallon
1 -000 grams
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

45. 100 years
1 century
about 52 weeks
1760 yards
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3

46. 3/4 = _____ %
C = 5(F-32)/9
.2
75
1000000000000

47. 1 - 8 - 27 - 64 - 125 - 216 - 343 - 512 - 729 - 1000
480 m (minims)
Cubes (up to 10x10)
a(b +c) = ab + ac
1 pound

48. 7/8
.875
units
1 minute
a² + b² = c²

49. 2/3
.6 repeating
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
1000000000000
circumference of a circle

50. Degree Celsius
1 hour
C = 5(F-32)/9
1 foot
10 meters