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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 1 gr
Unit fractions
100 years
1 hour
60 mg

2. 5/6
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
1 followed by 100 zeroes
Cubes (up to 10x10)
.83 (3 repeating)

3. 1 f oz
.8
.5
2000 pounds
30mL

4. 12 months
perimeter of a parallelogram
1 year
a x b = b x a
.1 gram

5. quintillion
the long hand
1000000000000000000
30mL
.6

6. Length
1 foot
m
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
8 drams weight

7. hecto
1 pint
3 teaspoons
100
1 acre

8. 1 fl oz
1000 millimeters
16 tablespoons
480 m (minims)
75 gtts

9. Light year
33
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
multiply by 100
5

10. pi (3 digits)
10 grams
1 mile
5
3.14

11. A=1/2(a+b)h
Area of a Trapezium
the short hand
15 gr
a x b = b x a

12. Inch
5280 feet
.2
75
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

13. Decimal to Fraction
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
1 year
8 drams weight
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight

14. 2/5
75 gtts
.4
30mL
1 acre

15. 1 mL
.5
1 foot
1000 millimeters
15 MINIMS

16. The volume of any pyramid
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
0.000000001 10^-9
area of a rectangle
V = Bh / 3

17. 1 -000 years
1 day
area of a circle
1 pint
1 millennium

18. The Commutative Law for multiplication
the short hand
Squares (up to 15x15)
15 mL
a x b = b x a

19. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
a² + b² = c²
1 gallon
1 score
perimeter of a rectangle

20. 1 score
20 years
30 g
100 centimeters
water boils

21. 1 kilogram
1 square foot
1 -000 grams
area of a triangle
perimeter of a parallelogram

22. 5/8
1 yard
.625
1 square mile
a² + b² = c²

23. 2/3 = _____ %
1760 yards
66
3.14
area of a triangle

24. Formula for Kinetic Energy
8 drams weight
KE= 1/2 mv²
1 year
1 score

25. 1 meter
.4
.2
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
10 decimeters

26. billion
V = Bh / 3
30 g
10 meters
1000000000

27. Has no factors except for 1 and itself
V = Bh / 3
prime number
1000 meters
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

28. 1 minim
7 days
.16 (6 repeating)
g
1 gtt (drop)

29. 3/5
1 week
circumference of a circle
.6
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8

30. Degree Fahrenheit
F 9C/5 + 32
365 days
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
480 gr (grain) weight

31. 1/2
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 gallon
.5
60 minims

32. 3 feet
10
g
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
1 yard

33. milli
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
circumference of a circle
1 gallon

34. The Associative Law for multiplication
1000 millimeters
75 gtts
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)

35. Fractions that equal 1
area of a rectangle
Unit fractions
multiply by 100
m

36. 4 quarts
3 teaspoons
15 gr
.01
1 gallon

37. 1 mile
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
366 days
5280 feet
16 ounces

38. Fraction to Decimal
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
1 century
units
1 gallon

39. 1/4
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
1 yard
m
.25

40. Foot

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41. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
a + b = b + a
.625
the long hand
1000000000

42. 32 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
composite number
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
circumference of a circle
water freezes

43. 1 hour
60 minutes
1 ton
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
area of a parallelogram

44. The Identity Law for addition
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 yard
1 week
a + 0 = a

45. deci
3 feet
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
15 mL
1 -000

46. 2 cups
1 cup
a + 0 = a
.375
1 pint

47. 1 decigram
a + 0 = a
50
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
.1 gram

48. a.m.
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
g
1 leap year
.125

49. 12 inches
year
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
1 gallon
1 foot

50. 20 years
1 score
30 g
15 mL
60 gr (grain) weight