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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 1 year to wks
day
15 gr
about 52 weeks
66

2. 1 cup
Squares (up to 15x15)
16 tablespoons
prime number
perimeter of a rectangle

3. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
3 teaspoons
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1 foot
average body temperature

4. a.m.
1000000000
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
8 drams weight
composite number

5. The volume of any prism
1000 years
.125
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
.875

6. 1f oz
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
circumference of a circle
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
8 f drams

7. The difference between the highest and lowest numerical information
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
20 years
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
range

8. The Commutative Law for addition
mean
1 decade
a + b = b + a
C = 5(F-32)/9

9. 366 days
a x b = b x a
1 leap year
1 score
1 pound

10. Each large number on a clock represents how many minutes?
Squares (up to 15x15)
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
5
area of a rectangle

11. 1 ton
2000 pounds
1 gallon
g
the short hand

12. 1 centigram
area of a circle
.01
.625
area of a square

13. deci
1 gallon
room temperature
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
1 century

14. 1 score
perimeter of a square
20 years
1 ton
.4

15. 4 quarts
75 gtts
1 gallon
10 meters
15 mL

16. 1 decigram
average body temperature
Squares (up to 15x15)
1 bushel
.1 gram

17. The earth rotates on its axis once in a...
.001 gram
a + b = b + a
units
day

18. 1 milligram
1 cup
water freezes
.001 gram
1 tablespoon

19. Measurement involves two things
1 foot
75 gtts
1 quart
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

20. The Pythagorean theorem
a² + b² = c²
1000 meters
10 grams
1 mile

21. 4 quarts
1 bushel
1 gallon
16 ounces
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1

22. 100 years
L
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
.5
1 century

23. A=1/2(a+b)h
3.14
Area of a Trapezium
0.000000001 10^-9
water freezes

24. 8 quarts
about 52 weeks
1 peck
area of a circle
1 yard

25. 212 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
1 week
1 pint
perimeter of a triangle
water boils

26. 1 meter
V = Bh / 3
25
100 centimeters
.375

27. Fraction to Decimal
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
1000000000000
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
perimeter of a rectangle

28. 1 decagram
1 minute
prime number
.4
10 grams

29. Percent to Fraction/Decimal
.1 gram
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
Divide by 100
10 meters

30. 16 fluid ounces
1 pint
66
circumference of a circle
mean

31. 7/8
366 days
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
perimeter of a rectangle
.875

32. Decimal to Fraction
Unit fractions
1 decade
1 millennium
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

33. pi (3 digits)
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
1000000000000000
1000 years
3.14

34. 1 minim
1000000000
1 gtt (drop)
1000 meters
V = Bh / 3

35. 1/2
1 followed by 100 zeroes
.5
1000 meters
a + 0 = a

36. Inch
10 meters
1 bushel
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
F 9C/5 + 32

37. 4 pecks
1 bushel
1 square foot
1000000000000
1 day

38. Length
m
F 9C/5 + 32
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
Divide by 100

39. Nano-n
KE= 1/2 mv²
0.000000001 10^-9
15 mL
V = Bh where B is the area of the base

40. A S squared
75
15 mL
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
area of a square

41. 43 -560 square feet
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
1 acre
perimeter of a parallelogram
the short hand

42. 2/3
day
.6 repeating
.8
area of a parallelogram

43. 3/4 = _____ %
1 acre
12 months
1 mile
75

44. 1 mL
15 MINIMS
perimeter of a triangle
area of a parallelogram
.875

45. 16 ounces
Divide by 100
1 pound
.25
25

46. 1 minute
60 seconds
3 teaspoons
the long hand
1 foot

47. 1 f dram
.3 repeating
L
60 minims
2000 pounds

48. 24 hours
1 day
3 teaspoons
0.000001 10^-6
the long hand

49. The Identity Law for addition
a + 0 = a
100 grams
60 seconds
room temperature

50. 1 t
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
1 century
75 gtts
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)