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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.
33
60 minutes
area of a parallelogram

2. 1 f oz
24 hours
30mL
the short hand
1 pound

3. 1 meter
50
1000 millimeters
10 meters
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3

4. 4/5
1 -000
water boils
area of a triangle
.8

5. 365 days
15 MINIMS
1 peck
1 year
480 m (minims)

6. 10 years
1000000000000000000
1 hour
1 decade
mean

7. 43 -560 square feet
10 years
1 acre
water freezes
V = Bh / 3

8. C pie X d
area of a parallelogram
.6 repeating
circumference of a circle
units

9. 1f oz
1 -000
8 f drams
area of a circle
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3

10. 1 oz
8 drams weight
area of a triangle
1 leap year
15 gr

11. 3 feet
1 yard
Squares (up to 15x15)
a + b = b + a
0.000000001 10^-9

12. 12 inches
1 foot
8 f drams
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1 day

13. Fraction to Decimal
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
365 days
1 foot
33

14. 1 decigram
prime number
75
a(b +c) = ab + ac
.1 gram

15. 1 oz to gr
1 year
.5
480 gr (grain) weight
10^6 - 1 -000 -000

16. The difference between the highest and lowest numerical information
1 -000
8 drams weight
year
range

17. volume
L
.6
5
.1 gram

18. The earth rotates on its axis once in a...
day
1 millennium
Unit fractions
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

19. Has no factors except for 1 and itself
1 mile
prime number
10 meters
KE= 1/2 mv²

20. deca
10
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
year
1 acre

21. 8 quarts
100 years
1 peck
PE= mgh
66

22. 5/6
PE= mgh
7 days
.375
.83 (3 repeating)

23. 1 -000 years
10
60 seconds
1 millennium
a + b = b + a

24. Measurement involves two things
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
the short hand
V = Bh / 3
.1 gram

25. 5/8
.625
1 peck
25
1 tablespoon

26. 12 months
1 year
5
60 mg
16 ounces

27. P 4XS
circumference of a circle
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
5
perimeter of a square

28. googol
1 followed by 100 zeroes
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
60 minims
10 decimeters

29. 1 year
60 minutes
12 months
365 days
.16 (6 repeating)

30. 1 decameter
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
10 meters
circumference of a circle
Cubes (up to 10x10)

31. 1 leap year
25
year
366 days
1 decade

32. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
.375
1 yard
the long hand
7 days

33. 1 t
year
.3 repeating
75 gtts
1 century

34. 1 - 4 - 9 - 16 - 25 - 36 - 49 - 64 - 81 - 100 - 121 - 144 - 169 - 196 - 225
L
Squares (up to 15x15)
.3 repeating
1 cup

35. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
1000 meters
room temperature
1 peck
.6

36. 1 gr
perimeter of a rectangle
60 mg
1 week
480 m (minims)

37. 1/4 = _____ %
25
1 hour
.001 gram
g

38. 1 year to wks
about 52 weeks
1 century
.25
60 seconds

39. The Distributive Law
average body temperature
a(b +c) = ab + ac
1 hour
Area of a Trapezium

40. 1 ton
perimeter of a rectangle
2000 pounds
1 century
a + b = b + a

41. 366 days
1 tablespoon
1 year
480 m (minims)
1 leap year

42. 640 acres
m
1 square mile
10 meters
7 days

43. 7 days
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
1 week
1 acre
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3

44. 1 milligram
10 meters
.001 gram
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
water freezes

45. The Identity Law for addition
.25
a + 0 = a
25
room temperature

46. 1/5
Unit fractions
1 gallon
.2
perimeter of a rectangle

47. 1 meter
range
circumference of a circle
10 decimeters
.75

48. deci
a(b +c) = ab + ac
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
100
1 acre

49. 2/3 = _____ %
66
.83 (3 repeating)
1 gallon
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles

50. 4 pecks
circumference of a circle
480 m (minims)
1 bushel
PE= mgh