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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. Has other factors besides 1 and itself
composite number
1 millennium
1 week
1 peck

2. 3/5
.6
V = Bh / 3
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
480 gr (grain) weight

3. A S squared
2000 pounds
area of a square
16 ounces
1 hour

4. 1 mile
1760 yards
1 week
100
15 gr

5. 20 years
a² + b² = c²
1 score
.25
8 f drams

6. 2 pints
V = Bh / 3
1 quart
1 week
100

7. 7 days
1 cup
8 f drams
1 week
mean

8. Has no factors except for 1 and itself
day
1 week
1 tablespoon
prime number

9. 144 square inches
m
1 week
1 square foot
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3

10. 3/4 = _____ %
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
a(b +c) = ab + ac
75
composite number

11. hecto
0.000001 10^-6
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
100
the short hand

12. 8 quarts
a² + b² = c²
composite number
the short hand
1 peck

13. 60 seconds
1 square yard
1 minute
1760 yards
10 decimeters

14. Length
m
1000 meters
.2
about 52 weeks

15. Light year
.3 repeating
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
multiply by 100
V = Bh / 3

16. Each large number on a clock represents how many minutes?
12 months
5
PE= mgh
.4

17. 32 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
50
1 gallon
water freezes
V = Bh / 3

18. The Associative Law for addition
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
area of a parallelogram
.001 gram

19. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
.75
1000000000000000
room temperature
20 years

20. Nano-n
1000 years
.3 repeating
.25
0.000000001 10^-9

21. The earth revolves around the sun once in a...
year
16 tablespoons
1 tablespoon
5

22. 1 hour
60 minutes
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
100 years
1 minute

23. 9 square feet
60 mg
1 square yard
16 ounces
1 minute

24. centi
perimeter of a parallelogram
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
.83 (3 repeating)
.375

25. 2 -000 pounds
1 ton
60 mg
water boils
.3 repeating

26. p.m.
1 yard
1 bushel
1 quart
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight

27. A 1/2 X b X h
area of a triangle
12 months
1 leap year
perimeter of a triangle

28. volume
L
circumference of a circle
day
a(b +c) = ab + ac

29. Inch
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
.8
10 meters
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

30. Formula for Kinetic Energy
KE= 1/2 mv²
a x b = b x a
60 minutes
perimeter of a square

31. billion
1000 years
average body temperature
1000000000
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1

32. 4 quarts
mean
1 gallon
.4
area of a square

33. 1 meter
1 year
60 minims
1 pound
10 decimeters

34. 7/8
.875
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
1 tablespoon
V = Bh where B is the area of the base

35. 1 week
7 days
10 decimeters
multiply by 100
year

36. 1 -000 years
16 tablespoons
range
1 year
1 millennium

37. 1 - 4 - 9 - 16 - 25 - 36 - 49 - 64 - 81 - 100 - 121 - 144 - 169 - 196 - 225
1 day
Squares (up to 15x15)
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
24 hours

38. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
1 -000
average body temperature
1000000000
a² + b² = c²

39. 1 year
1 year
a² + b² = c²
16 tablespoons
12 months

40. 24 hours
perimeter of a square
10 meters
1 day
1 square foot

41. Fractions that equal 1
perimeter of a square
1000 millimeters
Unit fractions
0.000001 10^-6

42. 1 yard
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
10 years
3 feet
.001 gram

43. 3/4
1 leap year
the short hand
1 -000
.75

44. 3/8
1000 millimeters
.375
a + b = b + a
area of a triangle

45. deca
24 hours
.3 repeating
composite number
10

46. The volume of any pyramid
KE= 1/2 mv²
V = Bh / 3
1 millennium
1 yard

47. 12 months
.2
30mL
1 year
1 peck

48. 1 oz
.2
area of a parallelogram
.75
8 drams weight

49. 1 meter
5280 feet
100 centimeters
1 century
1 acre

50. 2 cups
100 grams
1 -000 grams
1 pint
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1