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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. about 52 weeks
a + b = b + a
24 hours
1 year
g

2. 8 quarts
m
60 minims
1 peck
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2

3. 1 meter
water freezes
10 decimeters
3 teaspoons
1000000000000

4. Which hand on a clock indicates the hour?
the short hand
circumference of a circle
a + 0 = a
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

5. The volume of any prism
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
a x 1 = a
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
1760 yards

6. Fractions that equal 1
30 g
Unit fractions
a + 0 = a
10

7. Inch
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
F 9C/5 + 32
.2
1 week

8. 3 teaspoons
1 tablespoon
30 g
2000 pounds
1 mile

9. Foot

10. 1 f oz
30mL
L
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
15 mL

11. The Commutative Law for multiplication
16 ounces
75 gtts
a x b = b x a
365 days

12. The earth rotates on its axis once in a...
1000 millimeters
1000 years
mean
day

13. 1 year to wks
1 gallon
about 52 weeks
1000 years
8 f drams

14. micro-u
366 days
the long hand
Cubes (up to 10x10)
0.000001 10^-6

15. 5/8
10 years
m
.625
composite number

16. 1 mL
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
area of a circle
perimeter of a square
15 MINIMS

17. 1/6
30 g
1 square foot
.16 (6 repeating)
100 meters

18. 212 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
water boils
5280 feet
Divide by 100
480 gr (grain) weight

19. Measurement involves two things
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
.01
the short hand
Unit fractions

20. 3/5
.6
1 yard
perimeter of a square
100 years

21. 7 days
1 -000 grams
1 week
5
.375

22. 1 g
1000000000000
50
15 gr
1 -000

23. 1 yard
Cubes (up to 10x10)
perimeter of a square
3 feet
1 pint

24. Percent to Fraction/Decimal
Divide by 100
average body temperature
1 year
1 week

25. 1 hectometer
multiply by 100
Cubes (up to 10x10)
Unit fractions
100 meters

26. 60 seconds
60 mg
1 tablespoon
1 minute
1000 millimeters

27. 1 centurey
.6 repeating
8 drams weight
100 years
10 years

28. 144 square inches
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
1 square yard
1 square foot
10

29. 3/4
.75
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
1 gallon
perimeter of a square

30. 1 -000 years
8 f drams
8 drams weight
1 millennium
2000 pounds

31. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
the long hand
1 gallon
1 pint

32. Fraction to Decimal
mean
1 -000
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
water boils

33. 24 hours
1 cup
100 grams
60 minims
1 day

34. Formula for Kinetic Energy
.01
mean
KE= 1/2 mv²
24 hours

35. 1 tablespoon
day
3 teaspoons
50
8 f drams

36. A bXh
1 year
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
60 seconds
area of a parallelogram

37. mass
prime number
66
g
100 centimeters

38. 1/8
.125
m
1000000000000
.16 (6 repeating)

39. 10 years
perimeter of a square
33
15 MINIMS
1 decade

40. hecto
12 months
480 m (minims)
20 years
100

41. A 1/2 X b X h
1 quart
prime number
area of a triangle
1 year

42. Fractions/Decimal to percent
circumference of a circle
7 days
multiply by 100
1 mile

43. a.m.
.8
.75
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
10

44. p.m.
.2
1 tablespoon
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight

45. kilo
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
1 -000
.4
.16 (6 repeating)

46. 100 years
.001 gram
1000000000000
1 acre
1 century

47. 2/5
1 ton
1 year
.4
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

48. To change from one unit to another
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
water boils
year
1 yard

49. centi
range
365 days
1 bushel
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2

50. 32 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
100 centimeters
water freezes
100 grams
V = Bh / 3