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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 32 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
water freezes
100 centimeters
.875
1 year

2. mass
480 m (minims)
1 gtt (drop)
g
.8

3. Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard unit
units
water boils
100 centimeters
circumference of a circle

4. The Identity Law for multiplication
0.000000001 10^-9
1 square yard
1 ton
a x 1 = a

5. 1 decigram
100 centimeters
a x 1 = a
0.000001 10^-6
.1 gram

6. 3/5
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
12 months
.6
1 day

7. 1 minute
.3 repeating
60 seconds
1 ton
1 week

8. Percent to Fraction/Decimal
.4
100 centimeters
100
Divide by 100

9. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
day
perimeter of a rectangle
1000000000000000000
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1

10. 1 millennium
30mL
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
1000 years
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.

11. 3 feet
1 yard
.4
1 square mile
10 decimeters

12. hecto
1 cup
area of a parallelogram
100
1 hour

13. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
L
1 bushel
the long hand
366 days

14. Light year
.3 repeating
.16 (6 repeating)
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon

15. Each large number on a clock represents how many minutes?
Divide by 100
median
range
5

16. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
1 ton
year
.875
average body temperature

17. 1 mL
8 f drams
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
15 MINIMS
area of a circle

18. 1 dram
16 ounces
60 gr (grain) weight
10 meters
Area of a Trapezium

19. 1/4
.25
F 9C/5 + 32
15 gr
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8

20. 5/6
average body temperature
1 -000 grams
20 years
.83 (3 repeating)

21. 100 years
1 century
Unit fractions
m
1 cup

22. 1 leap year
60 minims
composite number
1 score
366 days

23. 1 kilogram
.6 repeating
1000000000
480 gr (grain) weight
1 -000 grams

24. Nano-n
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
1 tablespoon
1 bushel
0.000000001 10^-9

25. The Commutative Law for addition
perimeter of a triangle
1 cup
25
a + b = b + a

26. 1 oz to gr
a x b = b x a
33
Squares (up to 15x15)
480 gr (grain) weight

27. 1/3
.3 repeating
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
1 year
60 seconds

28. Has no factors except for 1 and itself
a + 0 = a
16 ounces
1 square mile
prime number

29. 60 seconds
0.000000001 10^-9
C = 5(F-32)/9
1 minute
75

30. The Associative Law for addition
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
100 years
8 f drams
a x 1 = a

31. Fraction to Decimal
the long hand
a + b = b + a
F 9C/5 + 32
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8

32. Fractions/Decimal to percent
multiply by 100
area of a triangle
m
1 -000 grams

33. 1 f dram
100 meters
perimeter of a rectangle
60 minims
range

34. googol
60 mg
the short hand
1 followed by 100 zeroes
100 grams

35. P a+b+c
66
5280 feet
perimeter of a triangle
5

36. The volume of any prism
the short hand
circumference of a circle
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8

37. A bXh
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
.75
15 MINIMS
area of a parallelogram

38. The volume of any pyramid
range
1 century
V = Bh / 3
1 gallon

39. Which hand on a clock indicates the hour?
1 bushel
1 decade
the short hand
8 f drams

40. 1 - 4 - 9 - 16 - 25 - 36 - 49 - 64 - 81 - 100 - 121 - 144 - 169 - 196 - 225
30 g
1760 yards
.16 (6 repeating)
Squares (up to 15x15)

41. 3 teaspoons
1 tablespoon
480 gr (grain) weight
perimeter of a triangle
.75

42. 1 cup
16 tablespoons
Area of a Trapezium
1 bushel
1 millennium

43. 1 centigram
5280 feet
366 days
1000 years
.01

44. 24 hours
.4
1 -000 grams
66
1 day

45. 1 meter
1 ton
10 grams
66
100 centimeters

46. 1 centurey
1 square mile
100 years
1 bushel
V = Bh where B is the area of the base

47. The difference between the highest and lowest numerical information
circumference of a circle
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
range
0.000001 10^-6

48. 1 decade
75 gtts
10 years
1 yard
1 square yard

49. 43 -560 square feet
1 acre
1 tablespoon
1 gallon
30mL

50. 1 meter
1 mile
median
10 decimeters
1 peck