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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 1/8
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
.125
circumference of a circle
1 tablespoon

2. 1 tablespoon
area of a rectangle
composite number
3 teaspoons
g

3. 1 kilogram
1 quart
Cubes (up to 10x10)
1000000000000
1 -000 grams

4. 1 ton
a x b = b x a
10
.5
2000 pounds

5. 1 mile
5280 feet
60 minutes
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
1000 millimeters

6. 9 square feet
area of a circle
L
.625
1 square yard

7. 3/4
range
.75
1 millennium
1760 yards

8. To change from one unit to another
8 f drams
.6 repeating
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 year

9. 1 f dram
60 minims
C = 5(F-32)/9
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
.5

10. 1 mL
15 MINIMS
a + b = c
2000 pounds
Squares (up to 15x15)

11. pi (3 digits)
1 year
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
3.14
.01

12. billion
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1 leap year
1000000000
.25

13. volume
L
.83 (3 repeating)
75 gtts
1 followed by 100 zeroes

14. 4 quarts
0.000000001 10^-9
1 gallon
.1 gram
Cubes (up to 10x10)

15. A S squared
area of a square
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
.4
1000 years

16. A bXh
area of a parallelogram
60 seconds
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
60 minims

17. Fraction to Decimal
7 days
KE= 1/2 mv
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
circumference of a circle

18. 1 kilometer
range
1000 meters
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
30 g

19. 12 inches
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
1 quart
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 foot

20. about 52 weeks
1 yard
1 year
1 square mile
1760 yards

21. centi
1 pint
median
1 yard
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2

22. 1/4 = _____ %
0.000000001 10^-9
25
.16 (6 repeating)
.83 (3 repeating)

23. 1 year
12 months
Cubes (up to 10x10)
60 gr (grain) weight
8 f drams

24. The Identity Law for multiplication
water boils
a x 1 = a
F 9C/5 + 32
1 yard

25. Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard unit
a + b = b + a
30mL
1 ton
units

26. Formula for Potential Energy
100 grams
PE= mgh
average body temperature
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

27. mega-M
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
15 gr
water freezes
Divide by 100

28. Percent to Fraction/Decimal
Divide by 100
.875
20 years
16 ounces

29. 4/5
.25
.8
water freezes
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

30. The Commutative Law for multiplication
1 millennium
a x b = b x a
a x 1 = a
.83 (3 repeating)

31. 1/3
5
.3 repeating
m
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

32. 60 seconds
.625
25
1 minute
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

33. The Pythagorean theorem
30mL
a + b = c
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
1 square mile

34. The volume of any pyramid
1 gallon
V = Bh / 3
0.000001 10^-6
100 grams

35. 1 score
20 years
100 meters
.01
1 pint

36. 3 feet
100 meters
1 yard
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
1 square foot

37. 1 minute
1000 meters
60 seconds
composite number
the short hand

38. kilo
66
1 -000
water freezes
10 meters

39. 1 centurey
0.000001 10^-6
60 minims
100 meters
100 years

40. 1/3 = _____ %
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
33
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
50

41. 4 quarts
1 square mile
.625
1 year
1 gallon

42. 1/2 = _____ %
100
5
1 square foot
50

43. 5 -280 yards
1 century
day
1 mile
60 seconds

44. 8 fluid ounces
100
1 cup
100 meters
1 yard

45. Degree Fahrenheit
F 9C/5 + 32
100 years
1 score
33

46. hecto
7 days
1 mile
area of a triangle
100

47. Measurement involves two things
30 g
units
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
66

48. 10 years
multiply by 100
2000 pounds
1 decade
0.000000001 10^-9

49. 32 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
water freezes
1 bushel
V = Bh where B is the area of the base

50. 1 fl oz
year
1 square foot
480 m (minims)
10

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