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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 1 decagram
C = 5(F-32)/9
5280 feet
60 mg
10 grams

2. 1 - 4 - 9 - 16 - 25 - 36 - 49 - 64 - 81 - 100 - 121 - 144 - 169 - 196 - 225
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
100 years
perimeter of a parallelogram
Squares (up to 15x15)

3. 1/3
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
.3 repeating
1 mile
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.

4. 1 decameter
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
1 followed by 100 zeroes
10 meters
1 gallon

5. 1 f oz
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
area of a circle
30mL
16 tablespoons

6. p.m.
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
100 meters
.4
1000000000000000

7. 5 -280 yards
1 square yard
.25
F 9C/5 + 32
1 mile

8. 1 minim
1 bushel
1 gtt (drop)
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
100 years

9. 1 dram
60 gr (grain) weight
median
.5
1 year

10. 3/4
circumference of a circle
.75
F 9C/5 + 32
75

11. 1 meter
1760 yards
1000 millimeters
.6
2000 pounds

12. googol
area of a circle
10 years
1 followed by 100 zeroes
KE= 1/2 mv²

13. 1 meter
15 gr
8 drams weight
100 centimeters
10 decimeters

14. 43 -560 square feet
1000000000000000
10 meters
1 gallon
1 acre

15. Inch
3 feet
1 pint
.75
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

16. 4/5
1000000000
.8
1 ton
area of a rectangle

17. billion
.4
area of a square
KE= 1/2 mv²
1000000000

18. 3 teaspoons
100 meters
5280 feet
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
1 tablespoon

19. 640 acres
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
1 day
365 days
1 square mile

20. The Associative Law for addition
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
area of a rectangle
60 minims
1 century

21. A pie X r squared
g
area of a circle
a² + b² = c²
water boils

22. 3 feet
1 yard
1 hour
KE= 1/2 mv²
100

23. 7 days
1 pound
1 week
25
circumference of a circle

24. 2 cups
60 seconds
perimeter of a parallelogram
1 pint
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

25. Each large number on a clock represents how many minutes?
5
16 tablespoons
1000000000000
1 ton

26. quintillion
1000000000000000000
480 m (minims)
average body temperature
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

27. 1 minute
60 seconds
1 gtt (drop)
66
circumference of a circle

28. The Identity Law for multiplication
a x 1 = a
about 52 weeks
day
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8

29. 1 leap year
366 days
60 mg
.125
1 pint

30. Measurement involves two things
60 minutes
5280 feet
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
a x b = b x a

31. 1 millennium
1000 years
prime number
1 ton
480 gr (grain) weight

32. 20 years
1 hour
water boils
Unit fractions
1 score

33. 36 inches
area of a circle
.16 (6 repeating)
1 yard
16 tablespoons

34. 5/8
.625
.25
.01
F 9C/5 + 32

35. A 1/2 X b X h
area of a triangle
g
60 mg
1 leap year

36. quadrillion
.2
perimeter of a triangle
1000000000000000
480 gr (grain) weight

37. 1 centurey
1 leap year
25
10 meters
100 years

38. The earth rotates on its axis once in a...
.16 (6 repeating)
30mL
day
1 ton

39. The Pythagorean theorem
a + 0 = a
.3 repeating
8 f drams
a² + b² = c²

40. Has no factors except for 1 and itself
33
10 meters
prime number
8 drams weight

41. 1 tablespoon
1 ton
circumference of a circle
a x 1 = a
3 teaspoons

42. Degree Celsius
area of a triangle
.375
.2
C = 5(F-32)/9

43. 1 oz to g
30 g
100 years
1 gallon
75 gtts

44. A=1/2(a+b)h
perimeter of a triangle
Area of a Trapezium
1000 meters
a x 1 = a

45. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
a(b +c) = ab + ac
area of a rectangle
100 years
the long hand

46. Has other factors besides 1 and itself
10 grams
60 mg
composite number
day

47. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
365 days
perimeter of a parallelogram
1 cup
mean

48. The Commutative Law for addition
a² + b² = c²
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
a + b = b + a
perimeter of a triangle

49. 12 inches
area of a rectangle
1 year
10 decimeters
1 foot

50. P 4XS
perimeter of a square
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
10 years
20 years