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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. The earth rotates on its axis once in a...
1 acre
10 grams
day
.3 repeating

2. 1 meter
area of a square
1000 millimeters
median
30mL

3. 1 mile
.4
composite number
1760 yards
1 leap year

4. googol
the long hand
100 years
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 followed by 100 zeroes

5. quintillion
1000000000000000000
KE= 1/2 mv²
1 year
Area of a Trapezium

6. P 4XS
.375
perimeter of a square
area of a square
.875

7. 4/5
.8
perimeter of a triangle
1 year
480 m (minims)

8. Has other factors besides 1 and itself
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
1 square foot
1 gtt (drop)
composite number

9. deca
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
10
perimeter of a parallelogram
60 minims

10. The average of the numbers
V = Bh / 3
1000000000
Divide by 100
mean

11. 1 mL
15 MINIMS
1000000000000
area of a square
.3 repeating

12. 1 fl oz
g
480 m (minims)
60 minutes
area of a triangle

13. 1f oz
1 gallon
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
8 f drams
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

14. 1 g
1 decade
15 gr
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
1 week

15. C pie X d
8 f drams
circumference of a circle
365 days
5

16. 1 centigram
.2
1 square yard
1 -000 grams
.01

17. 1 decameter
1 -000
7 days
.6
10 meters

18. Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard unit
1 acre
a(b +c) = ab + ac
units
.001 gram

19. 1 oz to g
30 g
16 ounces
.4
8 drams weight

20. about 52 weeks
the long hand
1 year
12 months
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1

21. Has no factors except for 1 and itself
5
.5
prime number
g

22. To change from one unit to another
1 -000
1760 yards
24 hours
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.

23. hecto
10 meters
a(b +c) = ab + ac
100
a x 1 = a

24. 1 decagram
1 year
g
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
10 grams

25. A=1/2(a+b)h
m
Area of a Trapezium
1 year
365 days

26. 366 days
1 leap year
2000 pounds
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
.2

27. 5 -280 yards
.75
1 mile
a² + b² = c²
perimeter of a parallelogram

28. 9 square feet
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
L
1 square yard
1 pound

29. 3/8
perimeter of a rectangle
1 bushel
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
.375

30. 43 -560 square feet
10 years
.5
1 acre
composite number

31. 3/4 = _____ %
a + 0 = a
75
60 mg
1 decade

32. 1/3
1 quart
30 g
1 foot
.3 repeating

33. 1 kilometer
1000 millimeters
1000 meters
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
area of a parallelogram

34. 2/5
a + 0 = a
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
.4
0.000000001 10^-9

35. The Pythagorean theorem
1 pint
Divide by 100
a² + b² = c²
1 century

36. Inch
1 score
60 minims
1 leap year
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

37. 1 hectogram
100 grams
the short hand
1 leap year
1 century

38. A pie X r squared
100 meters
1 mile
a x 1 = a
area of a circle

39. 2 pints
1 quart
1 acre
15 MINIMS
16 tablespoons

40. Degree Celsius
.6
.3 repeating
C = 5(F-32)/9
0.000000001 10^-9

41. The Commutative Law for addition
.2
0.000001 10^-6
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
a + b = b + a

42. The volume of any pyramid
Unit fractions
1 cup
V = Bh / 3
.8

43. 212 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
water boils
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 score
100 grams

44. 1 f dram
1 year
5280 feet
2000 pounds
60 minims

45. A S squared
.875
the short hand
area of a square
60 minims

46. 2 -000 pounds
year
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
Squares (up to 15x15)
1 ton

47. Decimal to Fraction
area of a triangle
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
1 ton
3 teaspoons

48. P a+b+c
perimeter of a triangle
1 week
1 minute
area of a parallelogram

49. 3/4
1 yard
1 millennium
a x b = b x a
.75

50. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
1 cup
0.000000001 10^-9
the long hand
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight