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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 1 leap year
KE= 1/2 mv²
Unit fractions
366 days
1 pint

2. 1 decagram
room temperature
5
10 grams
20 years

3. Percent to Fraction/Decimal
area of a rectangle
100 centimeters
Divide by 100
0.000001 10^-6

4. Length
60 minutes
m
1000 millimeters
perimeter of a rectangle

5. 1 - 4 - 9 - 16 - 25 - 36 - 49 - 64 - 81 - 100 - 121 - 144 - 169 - 196 - 225
water freezes
C = 5(F-32)/9
Squares (up to 15x15)
.6

6. billion
1 square foot
a² + b² = c²
1000000000
60 mg

7. C 2 X pie X r
75 gtts
25
.16 (6 repeating)
circumference of a circle

8. 1 week
circumference of a circle
the long hand
7 days
66

9. mass
1 year
g
1 day
.875

10. Formula for Potential Energy
1 square mile
PE= mgh
25
75

11. 1 centigram
1 gallon
.01
50
1 square mile

12. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
circumference of a circle
room temperature
perimeter of a triangle
1 score

13. 43 -560 square feet
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
perimeter of a parallelogram
1 acre
5280 feet

14. milli
multiply by 100
a(b +c) = ab + ac
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
m

15. 1 t
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
75 gtts
.25
KE= 1/2 mv²

16. 1f oz
8 f drams
8 drams weight
1 cup
the short hand

17. The Associative Law for addition
75 gtts
area of a triangle
L
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

18. 1 mile
C = 5(F-32)/9
5280 feet
10 grams
1 year

19. 2/3
1 bushel
.6 repeating
.8
5

20. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
the long hand
16 tablespoons
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
Divide by 100

21. 7/8
.6
1 bushel
.875
75 gtts

22. Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard unit
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
units
day
1 week

23. kilo
1 decade
1 -000
perimeter of a triangle
100 grams

24. Inch
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
multiply by 100
.1 gram
.375

25. C pie X d
3.14
1 pint
75 gtts
circumference of a circle

26. 5 -280 yards
.2
a + 0 = a
1 pint
1 mile

27. 1 milligram
1 pint
.001 gram
.4
1 yard

28. 1 hectometer
the short hand
3 teaspoons
100 meters
.001 gram

29. 1 meter
60 minims
100 centimeters
10 grams
1 square mile

30. 60 minutes
water freezes
perimeter of a square
the short hand
1 hour

31. The middle number in a group of numbers that are arranged in numerical order
1 followed by 100 zeroes
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
median
10 decimeters

32. 3 teaspoons
circumference of a circle
8 drams weight
1 decade
1 tablespoon

33. volume
60 mg
1 -000 grams
L
1 pound

34. 16 fluid ounces
1 minute
1 ton
1 pint
100 meters

35. centi
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
1 score
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
10 meters

36. 1 mile
1 acre
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1760 yards
1 -000

37. 60 seconds
1 minute
1 gallon
1 -000
365 days

38. pi (3 digits)
3.14
a x b = b x a
100 years
1 acre

39. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
1000 meters
1 millennium
.75
perimeter of a parallelogram

40. 5/8
3 teaspoons
.625
75
Area of a Trapezium

41. 1 T
10 grams
50
1 -000 grams
15 mL

42. 3/4 = _____ %
.1 gram
16 ounces
area of a triangle
75

43. 1 cup
1 week
480 gr (grain) weight
16 tablespoons
1 gallon

44. The Identity Law for multiplication
a x 1 = a
60 gr (grain) weight
.125
Squares (up to 15x15)

45. 1/5
.2
prime number
1 pint
.75

46. 24 hours
1 day
.16 (6 repeating)
year
75

47. Fractions that equal 1
20 years
10 decimeters
12 months
Unit fractions

48. A=1/2(a+b)h
10
1 -000
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
Area of a Trapezium

49. 1 oz to gr
Area of a Trapezium
480 gr (grain) weight
median
.375

50. 12 months
1 mile
1 pint
1 year
100 grams