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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. To change from one unit to another
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
composite number
10 meters
1 millennium

2. The Pythagorean theorem
5280 feet
a² + b² = c²
7 days
1 minute

3. The Commutative Law for addition
60 mg
a + b = b + a
15 gr
30 g

4. mega-M
24 hours
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
30 g
.6 repeating

5. 1 meter
15 MINIMS
.83 (3 repeating)
100 centimeters
.8

6. 212 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
10 decimeters
day
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
water boils

7. C pie X d
m
1 tablespoon
units
circumference of a circle

8. 1/2
.5
100 centimeters
.1 gram
1000 millimeters

9. 2/5
75 gtts
.4
.75
1000000000000000

10. micro-u
0.000001 10^-6
1000000000000000
room temperature
1 leap year

11. The volume of any prism
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
F 9C/5 + 32
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
0.000001 10^-6

12. The Identity Law for addition
1 bushel
a + 0 = a
Cubes (up to 10x10)
1 century

13. 1 pound
16 ounces
median
1 leap year
Area of a Trapezium

14. 100 years
Cubes (up to 10x10)
1 century
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight

15. 1 hour
60 minutes
60 gr (grain) weight
median
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)

16. The average of the numbers
.5
mean
.16 (6 repeating)
median

17. 1 oz
perimeter of a square
composite number
8 drams weight
5280 feet

18. Ordinal numbers
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
mean
1000000000000
prime number

19. 1 hectogram
100 grams
3 teaspoons
60 minims
Squares (up to 15x15)

20. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
average body temperature
Cubes (up to 10x10)
1 hour
area of a parallelogram

21. 9 square feet
1 square yard
.6 repeating
10 years
1 minute

22. 365 days
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1 year
Divide by 100
75 gtts

23. 1 week
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
7 days
.2
1 foot

24. A bXh
25
7 days
16 ounces
area of a parallelogram

25. 1 cup
1 day
1000000000
.6 repeating
16 tablespoons

26. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
25
room temperature
75 gtts
Cubes (up to 10x10)

27. 1 millennium
1000 years
1 millennium
1 year
a(b +c) = ab + ac

28. 1 g
15 gr
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
7 days
Cubes (up to 10x10)

29. 24 hours
10 years
area of a triangle
.2
1 day

30. 1 decameter
5
KE= 1/2 mv²
10 meters
33

31. 1 yard
3 feet
prime number
1 day
Unit fractions

32. The Associative Law for addition
a x 1 = a
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
1 square yard
1 millennium

33. centi
the long hand
a x b = b x a
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
Divide by 100

34. Inch
year
1 square foot
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
1 gtt (drop)

35. 8 quarts
.625
1 minute
year
1 peck

36. 12 inches
a + 0 = a
1 foot
.4
1000 meters

37. 1/3
1 foot
perimeter of a triangle
1 pound
.3 repeating

38. 1 score
composite number
20 years
15 mL
1 decade

39. mass
g
average body temperature
.6 repeating
10 years

40. 10 years
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
3 feet
1 decade
.3 repeating

41. 1 mL
15 MINIMS
30mL
1000000000000
1 tablespoon

42. 1 gr
PE= mgh
average body temperature
60 mg
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

43. 1 meter
V = Bh / 3
0.000001 10^-6
1000 millimeters
V = Bh where B is the area of the base

44. 1 oz to gr
1 minute
.16 (6 repeating)
480 gr (grain) weight
circumference of a circle

45. 1/4 = _____ %
Cubes (up to 10x10)
366 days
25
10 years

46. Formula for Kinetic Energy
water freezes
KE= 1/2 mv²
a + b = b + a
2000 pounds

47. 1 meter
10
60 minims
10 decimeters
25

48. 60 seconds
1 decade
100 centimeters
1 minute
1 -000 grams

49. C 2 X pie X r
365 days
circumference of a circle
water freezes
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2

50. 1 centigram
5
3 teaspoons
.3 repeating
.01