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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 1 gr
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
1000 millimeters
60 mg
10 years

2. 1 T
2000 pounds
15 mL
480 m (minims)
F 9C/5 + 32

3. 3 feet
1000000000000000000
room temperature
1 year
1 yard

4. 1 milligram
1 century
1 mile
.001 gram
7 days

5. centi
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
.75
100 years
.625

6. 8 fluid ounces
1 cup
8 f drams
2000 pounds
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2

7. billion
area of a circle
1000000000
1 square mile
.75

8. 1/8
5280 feet
.125
16 tablespoons
75 gtts

9. P 4XS
room temperature
C = 5(F-32)/9
Divide by 100
perimeter of a square

10. 144 square inches
1 score
25
1 square foot
V = Bh where B is the area of the base

11. Formula for Kinetic Energy
1 acre
1000 years
15 gr
KE= 1/2 mv²

12. Inch
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
66
1 gtt (drop)
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1

13. micro-u
1 square foot
1 year
5280 feet
0.000001 10^-6

14. pi (3 digits)
3.14
15 mL
.75
7 days

15. 1 ton
1 year
2000 pounds
area of a square
20 years

16. A 1/2 X b X h
5
area of a triangle
a x 1 = a
1 yard

17. 2 -000 pounds
1 year
water boils
25
1 ton

18. 1 year
1000 years
.375
365 days
16 tablespoons

19. 1 mile
Cubes (up to 10x10)
66
5280 feet
1 ton

20. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
area of a triangle
average body temperature
.2
C = 5(F-32)/9

21. 1 hour
5280 feet
area of a rectangle
1000 meters
60 minutes

22. 10 years
1 yard
area of a square
1 decade
.1 gram

23. 1 day
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
24 hours
area of a parallelogram
a(b +c) = ab + ac

24. The difference between the highest and lowest numerical information
1 week
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
range
1 cup

25. 1 minute
.625
0.000000001 10^-9
60 seconds
1 week

26. 1 mL
.125
15 MINIMS
1 tablespoon
1 gtt (drop)

27. Ordinal numbers
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
the long hand
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
area of a triangle

28. Length
1000 meters
75 gtts
3 feet
m

29. a.m.
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
.625
room temperature
composite number

30. 4 quarts
1000000000000000000
1 gallon
480 m (minims)
60 gr (grain) weight

31. 5/8
.625
60 minims
3 feet
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.

32. 1 - 8 - 27 - 64 - 125 - 216 - 343 - 512 - 729 - 1000
15 gr
room temperature
Cubes (up to 10x10)
1 year

33. 1 hectometer
100 meters
.625
1 mile
1 square yard

34. deca
circumference of a circle
7 days
1 day
10

35. 8 quarts
1 year
1 minute
12 months
1 peck

36. 1/2
.5
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
5280 feet
L

37. volume
mean
10
L
1 acre

38. milli
1000000000
25
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
12 months

39. 32 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
1 yard
.375
circumference of a circle
water freezes

40. 5 -280 yards
1 century
10 grams
1 mile
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles

41. Decimal to Fraction
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
.6 repeating
circumference of a circle
.3 repeating

42. The earth revolves around the sun once in a...
.8
3.14
F 9C/5 + 32
year

43. 1 year to wks
perimeter of a parallelogram
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
about 52 weeks
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)

44. Fractions that equal 1
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
2000 pounds
.75
Unit fractions

45. 2/3 = _____ %
66
PE= mgh
a + b = b + a
8 drams weight

46. 60 seconds
1 minute
30 g
10 grams
1 day

47. 366 days
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
1 -000 grams
1 pound
1 leap year

48. Foot

49. 100 years
30mL
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1 century
1 year

50. 36 inches
1 millennium
1 yard
60 minutes
mean