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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. The Associative Law for addition
1 score
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
day
perimeter of a square

2. The Pythagorean theorem
.75
mean
3.14
a² + b² = c²

3. Nano-n
0.000000001 10^-9
1 gtt (drop)
prime number
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

4. A S squared
1 acre
8 drams weight
range
area of a square

5. 5/8
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
.625
area of a circle
a x b = b x a

6. 1 year
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
75 gtts
365 days
mean

7. 1 oz
water boils
10 years
10 decimeters
8 drams weight

8. 1/5
1000000000000000000
.2
.5
perimeter of a triangle

9. 212 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 tablespoon
water boils
1 yard

10. P a+b+c
Divide by 100
perimeter of a triangle
480 gr (grain) weight
V = Bh / 3

11. 365 days
1 yard
1 year
480 m (minims)
60 seconds

12. 1 decagram
10 grams
.3 repeating
10 years
Squares (up to 15x15)

13. Fraction to Decimal
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
100 meters
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
20 years

14. mega-M
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
g
2000 pounds
1000000000

15. googol
75
1 followed by 100 zeroes
1 quart
75 gtts

16. Measurement involves two things
.1 gram
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
1 gallon
10^6 - 1 -000 -000

17. The Identity Law for multiplication
366 days
480 gr (grain) weight
60 seconds
a x 1 = a

18. A pie X r squared
area of a circle
1 gallon
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
V = Bh where B is the area of the base

19. 1 day
1 acre
24 hours
m
area of a circle

20. The Commutative Law for addition
L
1 year
a + b = b + a
a x b = b x a

21. 1 week
1 followed by 100 zeroes
2000 pounds
7 days
100 grams

22. quintillion
16 tablespoons
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
1000000000000000000
.25

23. Has other factors besides 1 and itself
composite number
3 feet
100 meters
1 peck

24. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
perimeter of a parallelogram
.75
year
1 yard

25. hecto
C = 5(F-32)/9
Unit fractions
100
F 9C/5 + 32

26. 1 meter
10 decimeters
.3 repeating
1 peck
year

27. 43 -560 square feet
1 square foot
1 year
about 52 weeks
1 acre

28. Formula for Kinetic Energy
60 mg
1 millennium
KE= 1/2 mv²
1 yard

29. 1/4 = _____ %
day
60 minims
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
25

30. 2/3 = _____ %
1 square yard
1 decade
66
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.

31. Which hand on a clock indicates the hour?
Divide by 100
1000 years
the short hand
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.

32. 1/3 = _____ %
20 years
1 decade
33
F 9C/5 + 32

33. 32 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
water freezes
1 pound
10 meters
.8

34. 1 mile
5
1 millennium
1760 yards
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8

35. 7/8
1 yard
.875
perimeter of a rectangle
.5

36. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
composite number
a² + b² = c²
the long hand
15 MINIMS

37. 1 hectogram
1 day
480 gr (grain) weight
100 grams
3.14

38. 1 gr
circumference of a circle
Squares (up to 15x15)
60 mg
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)

39. 1 fl oz
.16 (6 repeating)
15 gr
480 m (minims)
3 teaspoons

40. 1 score
water boils
480 m (minims)
20 years
perimeter of a square

41. Inch
composite number
60 minims
0.000001 10^-6
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

42. Foot

43. pi (3 digits)
1 hour
3.14
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
15 gr

44. 3 feet
1 yard
Squares (up to 15x15)
1 acre
33

45. 4/5
.8
1 leap year
area of a rectangle
.625

46. 1 t
year
.6 repeating
area of a triangle
75 gtts

47. 1 centigram
.25
.01
a x b = b x a
1 ton

48. 1/3
1 week
0.000001 10^-6
mean
.3 repeating

49. 1/2
.5
1000000000000
Area of a Trapezium
perimeter of a rectangle

50. 1 leap year
366 days
.001 gram
multiply by 100
Unit fractions