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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 1/4 = _____ %
.8
25
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
composite number

2. 1 hectogram
1 year
60 minims
1 day
100 grams

3. 366 days
composite number
1 leap year
1 -000 grams
.2

4. P a+b+c
10 decimeters
a(b +c) = ab + ac
perimeter of a triangle
perimeter of a rectangle

5. 1 minim
1 followed by 100 zeroes
10 grams
1 gtt (drop)
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

6. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
1000 years
the long hand
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
60 seconds

7. 1 score
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
perimeter of a rectangle
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
20 years

8. Has no factors except for 1 and itself
7 days
1 year
1 square foot
prime number

9. 10 years
10 years
V = Bh / 3
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 decade

10. 32 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
100
water freezes
75 gtts
20 years

11. 1 year
a² + b² = c²
15 mL
units
12 months

12. 1/8
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
area of a parallelogram
1 followed by 100 zeroes
.125

13. 1 f oz
30mL
33
60 mg
area of a triangle

14. 24 hours
1 day
33
Area of a Trapezium
.001 gram

15. 1 hour
60 minutes
1000 millimeters
8 f drams
30 g

16. 1 millennium
PE= mgh
75 gtts
1000 years
units

17. 1 oz
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
1 square foot
8 drams weight
1 millennium

18. 8 quarts
1 peck
.01
mean
1000000000000

19. 1/4
1 yard
1 gtt (drop)
.25
.6 repeating

20. 7/8
12 months
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
1 year
.875

21. 1 - 8 - 27 - 64 - 125 - 216 - 343 - 512 - 729 - 1000
1000000000000000
Cubes (up to 10x10)
1 pint
3 teaspoons

22. The earth rotates on its axis once in a...
1000 meters
day
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
circumference of a circle

23. 1 T
.2
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
100 years
15 mL

24. 1 kilogram
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
.875
1 -000 grams
the short hand

25. Nano-n
16 tablespoons
10 grams
0.000000001 10^-9
60 seconds

26. quadrillion
100 meters
1000000000000000
1 pint
1 gtt (drop)

27. 1 - 4 - 9 - 16 - 25 - 36 - 49 - 64 - 81 - 100 - 121 - 144 - 169 - 196 - 225
1 -000
Squares (up to 15x15)
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
60 seconds

28. volume
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
24 hours
L
1 year

29. 3/5
50
year
.6
room temperature

30. 5 -280 yards
the short hand
.25
1 mile
1 -000 grams

31. 2/3
Squares (up to 15x15)
.1 gram
.6 repeating
water freezes

32. 640 acres
60 mg
1 square mile
F 9C/5 + 32
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

33. The Commutative Law for addition
.125
Cubes (up to 10x10)
a + b = b + a
1 square yard

34. 3 teaspoons
1 tablespoon
1 -000 grams
circumference of a circle
1 square mile

35. 1 oz to gr
1 -000
5280 feet
480 gr (grain) weight
.3 repeating

36. The difference between the highest and lowest numerical information
g
range
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1760 yards

37. 5/6
1760 yards
.83 (3 repeating)
1 day
480 gr (grain) weight

38. 1/3 = _____ %
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
33
15 gr

39. A l X w
1000000000
area of a rectangle
area of a parallelogram
100 years

40. 1 gr
60 mg
3 feet
.875
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2

41. 1 milligram
.001 gram
1 cup
16 tablespoons
year

42. 3/4
30 g
.8
.75
Unit fractions

43. 1 dram
1 minute
60 gr (grain) weight
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
10 years

44. Fraction to Decimal
10 grams
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
100 meters
8 drams weight

45. a.m.
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
a² + b² = c²
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
V = Bh / 3

46. 1 centurey
75
1 foot
100 years
area of a circle

47. C pie X d
a(b +c) = ab + ac
16 tablespoons
.6
circumference of a circle

48. 12 inches
PE= mgh
Cubes (up to 10x10)
1 foot
60 seconds

49. about 52 weeks
a(b +c) = ab + ac
circumference of a circle
60 mg
1 year

50. Decimal to Fraction
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
.01
66
1 year