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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 100 years
1 century
1000000000000000000
100 grams
0.000000001 10^-9

2. 9 square feet
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
1 square yard
L
m

3. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
1 peck
1000 meters
mean
the long hand

4. 3/4 = _____ %
10 meters
1 peck
75
.6

5. 1 ton
2000 pounds
a + 0 = a
L
1000000000000

6. Degree Celsius
1 followed by 100 zeroes
C = 5(F-32)/9
.83 (3 repeating)
24 hours

7. 1 T
1 century
L
66
15 mL

8. 1 cup
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
16 tablespoons
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
the short hand

9. 1 oz to gr
480 gr (grain) weight
1 pint
a(b +c) = ab + ac
a + 0 = a

10. Light year
.6 repeating
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
16 ounces
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles

11. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
room temperature
area of a rectangle
1 pint
1 bushel

12. 1 g
.6
C = 5(F-32)/9
15 gr
1 square foot

13. A 1/2 X b X h
3 teaspoons
area of a triangle
60 minims
1000 meters

14. 3/4
.75
0.000001 10^-6
1 decade
1 yard

15. 1/2 = _____ %
1 square yard
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
50
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

16. about 52 weeks
the short hand
units
3.14
1 year

17. 3/5
.6
a + b = b + a
m
.25

18. 1 - 8 - 27 - 64 - 125 - 216 - 343 - 512 - 729 - 1000
1 quart
1 pint
Cubes (up to 10x10)
1000000000000

19. Measurement involves two things
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
1 decade
66
.125

20. 1 hectometer
.25
1 gallon
1 yard
100 meters

21. 1/2
.5
units
1 decade
365 days

22. Fraction to Decimal
366 days
about 52 weeks
.3 repeating
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8

23. 8 fluid ounces
the long hand
1 cup
area of a circle
1 pound

24. 43 -560 square feet
1 acre
100
30 g
100 centimeters

25. 1/6
66
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
1 square mile
.16 (6 repeating)

26. 1/3 = _____ %
1 gtt (drop)
33
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
area of a square

27. 2 pints
8 f drams
1 quart
a + 0 = a
F 9C/5 + 32

28. 4 quarts
1 gallon
.875
multiply by 100
100 grams

29. 1/8
60 mg
1000 years
480 gr (grain) weight
.125

30. 1 gr
60 mg
100
area of a circle
1 hour

31. Length
10 years
perimeter of a square
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
m

32. billion
24 hours
1 decade
circumference of a circle
1000000000

33. 5/8
L
25
.625
60 mg

34. Inch
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
Area of a Trapezium
60 minims

35. 16 ounces
1 pint
1 pound
Cubes (up to 10x10)
100 grams

36. 1 -000 years
1 ton
a x 1 = a
1 millennium
366 days

37. A=1/2(a+b)h
.01
.875
Area of a Trapezium
50

38. The volume of any pyramid
V = Bh / 3
0.000001 10^-6
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8

39. 1 decade
10 years
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
a x b = b x a
1 square mile

40. quadrillion
0.000000001 10^-9
100 centimeters
1000000000000000
1 gallon

41. 4 pecks
circumference of a circle
F 9C/5 + 32
0.000001 10^-6
1 bushel

42. Foot

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43. 1 day
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
average body temperature
24 hours
60 minims

44. The Distributive Law
3 teaspoons
.6
a(b +c) = ab + ac
30 g

45. 1 decagram
C = 5(F-32)/9
10 grams
1 mile
1 followed by 100 zeroes

46. kilo
1 -000
.01
.625
composite number

47. 212 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
C = 5(F-32)/9
25
1 pound
water boils

48. 1 f oz
15 MINIMS
30mL
5280 feet
1 tablespoon

49. A bXh
.75
480 m (minims)
area of a parallelogram
25

50. pi (3 digits)
.75
100
3.14
.16 (6 repeating)