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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 100 years
100
1 century
20 years
.75

2. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
1 foot
.6
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
perimeter of a parallelogram

3. 1 day
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
480 gr (grain) weight
60 minutes
24 hours

4. 1 kilogram
.5
100 meters
100 grams
1 -000 grams

5. 1 -000 years
1 millennium
a x b = b x a
1 hour
area of a square

6. trillion
1000000000000
366 days
1 millennium
room temperature

7. The Distributive Law
.4
composite number
a(b +c) = ab + ac
1 year

8. 2/3
10 grams
1 day
.001 gram
.6 repeating

9. C pie X d
area of a circle
10 years
.1 gram
circumference of a circle

10. 60 seconds
multiply by 100
1 minute
.125
1000000000

11. 1/2
1 century
7 days
75 gtts
.5

12. 1 decagram
.6
Squares (up to 15x15)
circumference of a circle
10 grams

13. Nano-n
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
.5
0.000000001 10^-9
100 centimeters

14. The Pythagorean theorem
0.000000001 10^-9
a² + b² = c²
3.14
1 pound

15. 1/3
.75
.3 repeating
water boils
.5

16. 4/5
the short hand
1 gtt (drop)
.1 gram
.8

17. a.m.
30 g
water boils
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
1 century

18. 12 inches
1 foot
1 minute
366 days
100 centimeters

19. 1 pound
1 foot
0.000000001 10^-9
16 ounces
15 gr

20. 1 centurey
PE= mgh
100 years
Squares (up to 15x15)
1000 millimeters

21. 3/4 = _____ %
1 week
75
the long hand
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2

22. Degree Fahrenheit
F 9C/5 + 32
24 hours
0.000001 10^-6
the short hand

23. C 2 X pie X r
1 -000
.16 (6 repeating)
circumference of a circle
0.000000001 10^-9

24. 1 mile
mean
5280 feet
66
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)

25. 1/8
1 decade
.125
3.14
1 minute

26. 1 kilometer
1000 meters
L
1 decade
365 days

27. 60 minutes
1 minute
.1 gram
1 hour
15 MINIMS

28. The average of the numbers
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
mean
1 square mile
.6 repeating

29. 12 months
3 feet
15 gr
1 year
100 years

30. Fractions/Decimal to percent
multiply by 100
KE= 1/2 mv²
60 seconds
100 centimeters

31. pi (3 digits)
100 meters
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
10 grams
3.14

32. 1 decade
10 years
perimeter of a square
66
multiply by 100

33. A 1/2 X b X h
area of a triangle
33
1760 yards
Unit fractions

34. Light year
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
100 centimeters
15 MINIMS

35. Each large number on a clock represents how many minutes?
5
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
a² + b² = c²
1 week

36. 1 meter
1 century
66
1000 millimeters
8 f drams

37. Has no factors except for 1 and itself
average body temperature
prime number
3 feet
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

38. 2 pints
1 quart
KE= 1/2 mv²
1 -000 grams
100 meters

39. 8 quarts
area of a parallelogram
1 peck
1000 years
16 ounces

40. Foot

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41. Has other factors besides 1 and itself
composite number
365 days
Squares (up to 15x15)
perimeter of a square

42. 1 minute
range
60 seconds
20 years
Unit fractions

43. The Commutative Law for addition
.83 (3 repeating)
1 pound
a + b = b + a
Cubes (up to 10x10)

44. mass
1 week
1 foot
area of a rectangle
g

45. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
room temperature
mean
day
1 day

46. 1 - 4 - 9 - 16 - 25 - 36 - 49 - 64 - 81 - 100 - 121 - 144 - 169 - 196 - 225
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
Squares (up to 15x15)
area of a circle
1 tablespoon

47. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
water boils
room temperature
1 pint
average body temperature

48. deca
units
10
100 meters
15 MINIMS

49. 365 days
Unit fractions
1 year
a x 1 = a
.01

50. 1 milligram
.001 gram
75
60 gr (grain) weight
area of a parallelogram