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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 1 year
.1 gram
365 days
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
1 cup

2. kilo
1 -000
1 yard
.83 (3 repeating)
.6 repeating

3. 1f oz
composite number
25
8 f drams
1000 millimeters

4. Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard unit
units
perimeter of a parallelogram
1 year
area of a parallelogram

5. 365 days
.2
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
1 year
100 centimeters

6. 1 oz
8 drams weight
20 years
10 years
Area of a Trapezium

7. 2/3
100
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
circumference of a circle
.6 repeating

8. 1 hectogram
1 quart
1760 yards
100 grams
a x b = b x a

9. 1 pound
60 seconds
16 ounces
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
.001 gram

10. 3 teaspoons
area of a square
1 tablespoon
1 gallon
25

11. 1/8
.125
1 gtt (drop)
a + b = b + a
20 years

12. 32 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
Area of a Trapezium
480 m (minims)
.6
water freezes

13. 1 fl oz
Area of a Trapezium
.01
480 m (minims)
C = 5(F-32)/9

14. 1 leap year
366 days
10
8 drams weight
.83 (3 repeating)

15. 1 meter
1000 millimeters
1 quart
area of a triangle
7 days

16. a.m.
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
1 score
a + b = b + a

17. The Identity Law for addition
a + 0 = a
room temperature
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.

18. Fractions that equal 1
perimeter of a rectangle
Unit fractions
area of a triangle
mean

19. C 2 X pie X r
circumference of a circle
1760 yards
100 meters
.01

20. C pie X d
1 mile
1 millennium
10 meters
circumference of a circle

21. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
1000 meters
100 years
1 mile
the long hand

22. 7 days
1 mile
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
8 drams weight
1 week

23. 7/8
a² + b² = c²
L
.875
7 days

24. 10 years
75 gtts
1 decade
composite number
KE= 1/2 mv²

25. 1 dram
units
60 gr (grain) weight
60 minutes
multiply by 100

26. 1 minim
25
.8
1 yard
1 gtt (drop)

27. Formula for Kinetic Energy
a(b +c) = ab + ac
KE= 1/2 mv²
1 pound
L

28. 2 pints
75
15 MINIMS
a(b +c) = ab + ac
1 quart

29. 4/5
.8
1 -000
0.000001 10^-6
1 hour

30. 2/3 = _____ %
365 days
66
perimeter of a rectangle
1 mile

31. 1/4
1 gtt (drop)
.25
10 years
range

32. A S squared
1 square yard
1000000000000000000
area of a square
the long hand

33. Decimal to Fraction
10 decimeters
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
1 pint
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

34. 640 acres
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
1 square mile
1 quart

35. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
average body temperature
.875
perimeter of a triangle
.2

36. P 4XS
perimeter of a square
1 leap year
0.000001 10^-6
circumference of a circle

37. deci
.25
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
1 millennium
area of a square

38. Nano-n
0.000000001 10^-9
1 foot
a + b = b + a
.4

39. 9 square feet
16 tablespoons
.8
1 cup
1 square yard

40. milli
12 months
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
10 meters
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3

41. 366 days
1 leap year
V = Bh / 3
1 square yard
365 days

42. 1 year
Area of a Trapezium
5280 feet
F 9C/5 + 32
12 months

43. 1 mL
1000000000
15 MINIMS
100
Unit fractions

44. The average of the numbers
mean
1 square mile
365 days
C = 5(F-32)/9

45. micro-u
.16 (6 repeating)
15 MINIMS
30 g
0.000001 10^-6

46. 1 -000 years
.8
3 teaspoons
75
1 millennium

47. 1 milligram
1 square yard
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
60 seconds
.001 gram

48. 1 yard
8 drams weight
3 feet
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
15 mL

49. hecto
V = Bh / 3
area of a circle
100
3 teaspoons

50. A bXh
area of a parallelogram
480 gr (grain) weight
33
a + 0 = a