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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 1 day
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
1 gallon
24 hours

2. 1 milligram
.001 gram
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
the short hand
100 centimeters

3. 1 - 4 - 9 - 16 - 25 - 36 - 49 - 64 - 81 - 100 - 121 - 144 - 169 - 196 - 225
1 square foot
Squares (up to 15x15)
1 pint
10^6 - 1 -000 -000

4. Ordinal numbers
the short hand
1 year
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
mean

5. 3 teaspoons
1 tablespoon
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
day
water freezes

6. The middle number in a group of numbers that are arranged in numerical order
median
16 tablespoons
Area of a Trapezium
100 grams

7. 212 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
water boils
.75
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3

8. 3/5
16 tablespoons
75
Area of a Trapezium
.6

9. 5/8
1 pound
KE= 1/2 mv²
.625
.01

10. pi (3 digits)
15 mL
60 minutes
365 days
3.14

11. 1 hour
L
1 bushel
60 minutes
0.000000001 10^-9

12. deca
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
PE= mgh
.8
10

13. about 52 weeks
.3 repeating
1 year
8 drams weight
mean

14. 2 cups
.8
8 drams weight
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
1 pint

15. Inch
.875
30mL
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
480 m (minims)

16. 1 minute
60 seconds
0.000000001 10^-9
units
1 year

17. 60 minutes
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
60 minims
C = 5(F-32)/9
1 hour

18. 24 hours
60 minims
.75
1 day
a + b = b + a

19. 5 -280 yards
2000 pounds
1 mile
.6
area of a parallelogram

20. The Associative Law for addition
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
24 hours
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
prime number

21. mass
g
.001 gram
m
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)

22. 3 feet
66
1 yard
1 -000 grams
1 week

23. 20 years
1 yard
1 yard
1 score
mean

24. 1 minim
perimeter of a rectangle
Cubes (up to 10x10)
room temperature
1 gtt (drop)

25. 1 decagram
1 mile
1 leap year
10 grams
a² + b² = c²

26. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
circumference of a circle
365 days
perimeter of a rectangle
60 mg

27. 1 decade
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
range
average body temperature
10 years

28. 1/3 = _____ %
.375
33
1 -000 grams
C = 5(F-32)/9

29. 1 year
60 gr (grain) weight
365 days
100 grams
1 followed by 100 zeroes

30. 9 square feet
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 square yard
1 gtt (drop)
66

31. 2 pints
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
20 years
1 quart
1 week

32. A bXh
area of a parallelogram
20 years
8 f drams
.875

33. 144 square inches
15 mL
1 tablespoon
1 square foot
the short hand

34. 1 pound
1 gallon
year
16 ounces
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight

35. The Commutative Law for addition
1 followed by 100 zeroes
365 days
7 days
a + b = b + a

36. A 1/2 X b X h
range
area of a triangle
10 grams
366 days

37. micro-u
1 gallon
0.000001 10^-6
1000000000000000000
C = 5(F-32)/9

38. volume
.2
L
75
prime number

39. C pie X d
.25
circumference of a circle
units
1 ton

40. Degree Fahrenheit
F 9C/5 + 32
KE= 1/2 mv²
1 square yard
1760 yards

41. 5/6
range
composite number
.83 (3 repeating)
8 drams weight

42. The Distributive Law
1 gallon
a(b +c) = ab + ac
1000000000000000
L

43. billion
.83 (3 repeating)
1000000000
1 day
1 millennium

44. The earth rotates on its axis once in a...
area of a rectangle
1 week
day
60 minims

45. 4 quarts
1 gallon
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
480 m (minims)
60 minutes

46. 1 leap year
1 score
366 days
1 year
Unit fractions

47. 32 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
water freezes
1 pint
area of a square
1 gallon

48. A S squared
area of a square
1 cup
15 gr
66

49. 1 kilogram
water freezes
10 meters
1 acre
1 -000 grams

50. 7 days
16 tablespoons
1 week
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
g