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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 1 minute
480 gr (grain) weight
60 seconds
10
about 52 weeks

2. 5 -280 yards
area of a rectangle
1 mile
the long hand
area of a circle

3. 1 decade
mean
1 week
10 years
.75

4. 1 kilogram
C = 5(F-32)/9
1 -000 grams
480 m (minims)
Squares (up to 15x15)

5. 16 ounces
1 pint
1 pound
.375
66

6. 1 cup
480 gr (grain) weight
16 tablespoons
5280 feet
perimeter of a parallelogram

7. 2/5
1 square foot
.4
365 days
1 gtt (drop)

8. p.m.
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
1 followed by 100 zeroes
the long hand
1000000000000000000

9. The volume of any pyramid
.75
1000000000000000
V = Bh / 3
1 ton

10. 10 years
1 pint
15 MINIMS
perimeter of a square
1 decade

11. deca
1 -000 grams
10
2000 pounds
a(b +c) = ab + ac

12. 1 milligram
perimeter of a square
24 hours
.001 gram
480 gr (grain) weight

13. 24 hours
100 centimeters
water freezes
about 52 weeks
1 day

14. 4 pecks
60 seconds
1 minute
1 bushel
1 square foot

15. milli
15 mL
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
20 years
60 mg

16. 1/8
units
60 minims
.125
circumference of a circle

17. 1f oz
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
8 f drams
1 ton
the long hand

18. 36 inches
1 yard
multiply by 100
the short hand
KE= 1/2 mv²

19. Light year
100 centimeters
1 peck
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
.75

20. billion
75 gtts
1000000000
3 teaspoons
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

21. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
1 followed by 100 zeroes
7 days
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
perimeter of a rectangle

22. 1/6
1 square yard
.16 (6 repeating)
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
.83 (3 repeating)

23. 144 square inches
1 foot
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
30 g
1 square foot

24. The Associative Law for multiplication
24 hours
1 followed by 100 zeroes
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
1000000000000000000

25. 1 t
75 gtts
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
.16 (6 repeating)
m

26. 1 - 4 - 9 - 16 - 25 - 36 - 49 - 64 - 81 - 100 - 121 - 144 - 169 - 196 - 225
Squares (up to 15x15)
1 bushel
1 century
1 -000

27. 2 cups
1000 meters
area of a parallelogram
1 pint
.3 repeating

28. 1 decameter
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
24 hours
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
10 meters

29. 1 year to wks
a(b +c) = ab + ac
about 52 weeks
75
24 hours

30. 1 week
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
units
7 days

31. 1 mile
day
10
1 gtt (drop)
1760 yards

32. 3/8
a + b = b + a
perimeter of a rectangle
.83 (3 repeating)
.375

33. about 52 weeks
15 mL
100 years
1 year
m

34. 1 yard
7 days
.8
3 feet
1 millennium

35. 2 -000 pounds
1000000000000000
1 tablespoon
Cubes (up to 10x10)
1 ton

36. Fractions/Decimal to percent
perimeter of a rectangle
a x 1 = a
1000 years
multiply by 100

37. 1 ton
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1000000000000000000
perimeter of a rectangle
2000 pounds

38. The Associative Law for addition
perimeter of a square
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
365 days
5280 feet

39. C 2 X pie X r
circumference of a circle
.6
g
1 square foot

40. 1/3 = _____ %
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
30 g
33
Area of a Trapezium

41. 1 day
15 MINIMS
16 tablespoons
1 millennium
24 hours

42. Formula for Potential Energy
PE= mgh
1 yard
1 decade
60 seconds

43. 1 -000 years
8 f drams
7 days
1760 yards
1 millennium

44. 1/4 = _____ %
.4
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
3 teaspoons
25

45. volume
1 yard
L
8 drams weight
1000000000000000000

46. 7/8
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
.83 (3 repeating)
30mL
.875

47. A S squared
a x 1 = a
Cubes (up to 10x10)
area of a square
average body temperature

48. a.m.
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
100 grams
10 years
1 cup

49. 1 year
1 -000
365 days
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
100 centimeters

50. C pie X d
Divide by 100
60 mg
circumference of a circle
1 hour