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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. quadrillion
1000000000000000
100
room temperature
100 years

2. Formula for Kinetic Energy
KE= 1/2 mv²
.3 repeating
Cubes (up to 10x10)
1000000000

3. about 52 weeks
1 year
g
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
perimeter of a triangle

4. Which hand on a clock indicates the hour?
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
the short hand
0.000000001 10^-9
.6

5. Inch
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
1 yard
circumference of a circle
Squares (up to 15x15)

6. 5/6
.83 (3 repeating)
the short hand
.8
PE= mgh

7. 1 decigram
.4
Cubes (up to 10x10)
.1 gram
the short hand

8. 36 inches
1 yard
.5
L
1 score

9. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
average body temperature
2000 pounds
3 teaspoons
3.14

10. 5/8
15 mL
1000000000000000000
.625
a + 0 = a

11. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
room temperature
1760 yards
.5
1 -000 grams

12. 212 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
water boils
1 gallon
1 tablespoon
.1 gram

13. A 1/2 X b X h
g
area of a triangle
1 square foot
1 tablespoon

14. 1 pound
16 ounces
1 followed by 100 zeroes
circumference of a circle
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

15. 24 hours
1 gallon
33
mean
1 day

16. 2 pints
water boils
1 year
1000 years
1 quart

17. Measurement involves two things
C = 5(F-32)/9
.875
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
8 drams weight

18. The difference between the highest and lowest numerical information
range
water boils
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
about 52 weeks

19. The volume of any prism
Area of a Trapezium
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
1 square foot
1 followed by 100 zeroes

20. 1/5
100 years
.2
.375
PE= mgh

21. 3/4
.75
.6
366 days
1000 years

22. 3/4 = _____ %
75
.8
.001 gram
mean

23. centi
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
1 minute
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
circumference of a circle

24. 365 days
water boils
12 months
1 year
V = Bh where B is the area of the base

25. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
perimeter of a parallelogram
1 pound
100 meters
1 cup

26. 12 months
1 foot
25
1 year
1 century

27. 3/8
.75
10 grams
1 yard
.375

28. Light year
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1 minute
1000 meters
60 mg

29. 1 T
multiply by 100
1000000000000000
60 minims
15 mL

30. 43 -560 square feet
area of a triangle
area of a circle
1 acre
100 meters

31. 1 dram
60 gr (grain) weight
7 days
Area of a Trapezium
1 year

32. deci
a + b = b + a
.6
1 yard
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1

33. 1 score
1 day
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
20 years
10 decimeters

34. C pie X d
366 days
.125
circumference of a circle
units

35. quintillion
3 teaspoons
a x 1 = a
1 peck
1000000000000000000

36. 1 oz
8 drams weight
the short hand
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
1 bushel

37. milli
water boils
.2
5
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3

38. 1 - 4 - 9 - 16 - 25 - 36 - 49 - 64 - 81 - 100 - 121 - 144 - 169 - 196 - 225
50
a + b = b + a
Squares (up to 15x15)
75 gtts

39. 1 -000 years
1 pint
1 millennium
a x 1 = a
1 quart

40. The Identity Law for multiplication
15 MINIMS
a x 1 = a
1 -000 grams
1 mile

41. Each large number on a clock represents how many minutes?
5
1 gallon
30mL
16 tablespoons

42. 1 yard
3 feet
perimeter of a parallelogram
1000 meters
1 year

43. To change from one unit to another
33
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1000 meters
day

44. 2/5
.001 gram
L
.4
100 grams

45. P 4XS
5
100 centimeters
perimeter of a square
area of a circle

46. 1/3
1 hour
1000 millimeters
.625
.3 repeating

47. 1 oz to g
KE= 1/2 mv²
1 followed by 100 zeroes
1 gtt (drop)
30 g

48. trillion
.3 repeating
mean
1 peck
1000000000000

49. 1 leap year
1 week
365 days
30 g
366 days

50. volume
a x b = b x a
12 months
a x 1 = a
L