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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 1 kilogram
.01
1 year
1 -000 grams
units

2. 1 day
10 meters
year
24 hours
g

3. Fractions/Decimal to percent
1 acre
1000 millimeters
multiply by 100
66

4. 32 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
1000000000000000000
66
water freezes
.01

5. 1 tablespoon
1 pound
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
3 teaspoons
3 feet

6. The Associative Law for addition
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
V = Bh / 3
1 pint
.8

7. centi
1 square yard
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
50
a + b = b + a

8. 16 fluid ounces
100 centimeters
1 pint
1 gallon
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.

9. Light year
area of a parallelogram
area of a rectangle
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
perimeter of a rectangle

10. billion
average body temperature
1000000000
mean
1 yard

11. micro-u
1000000000
60 minutes
area of a circle
0.000001 10^-6

12. Fractions that equal 1
Unit fractions
15 MINIMS
a² + b² = c²
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

13. pi (3 digits)
10 years
3.14
480 gr (grain) weight
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

14. A bXh
1 mile
.83 (3 repeating)
area of a parallelogram
Divide by 100

15. 1/2
.5
1000000000000000000
2000 pounds
33

16. 1 fl oz
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
.75
water freezes
480 m (minims)

17. 8 quarts
.001 gram
median
100 meters
1 peck

18. 1 dram
1 pound
60 gr (grain) weight
1 quart
1 ton

19. 1 T
15 mL
1 decade
1 acre
g

20. 1 hectometer
100 meters
1 week
perimeter of a rectangle
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight

21. 2/3
.6 repeating
L
1 millennium
multiply by 100

22. 24 hours
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 day
1 tablespoon
KE= 1/2 mv²

23. 1 hectogram
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
1 gallon
100 grams
KE= 1/2 mv²

24. 43 -560 square feet
1 square mile
1 acre
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
day

25. 1/8
25
1000000000
perimeter of a square
.125

26. 12 months
1 year
Unit fractions
1 ton
1 gallon

27. Decimal to Fraction
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
1000000000000000000
1 pound
8 f drams

28. 1/4 = _____ %
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
25
about 52 weeks
1 yard

29. mass
1 square yard
area of a rectangle
KE= 1/2 mv²
g

30. 1/2 = _____ %
about 52 weeks
area of a rectangle
Divide by 100
50

31. 1 f dram
60 minims
2000 pounds
1 -000 grams
10

32. A 1/2 X b X h
area of a triangle
10
0.000001 10^-6
1 square mile

33. 2 -000 pounds
1 year
1 minute
perimeter of a triangle
1 ton

34. 1/6
.16 (6 repeating)
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
water freezes
1 acre

35. 3/4
100 grams
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
.75
V = Bh / 3

36. A=1/2(a+b)h
15 gr
12 months
365 days
Area of a Trapezium

37. The earth revolves around the sun once in a...
0.000001 10^-6
10 decimeters
10
year

38. 1 hour
PE= mgh
Divide by 100
60 mg
60 minutes

39. 1 ton
g
2000 pounds
area of a circle
m

40. 7/8
100 centimeters
60 seconds
.875
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)

41. The difference between the highest and lowest numerical information
.5
1 week
range
100

42. deca
10 years
10
12 months
15 mL

43. hecto
.8
100
365 days
10

44. 1 gr
60 mg
1 hour
30mL
30 g

45. 640 acres
a x b = b x a
100 meters
area of a circle
1 square mile

46. 8 fluid ounces
60 seconds
1 cup
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

47. 1 meter
10 decimeters
60 mg
1 century
1 bushel

48. 1 year
a² + b² = c²
365 days
100
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2

49. 5 -280 yards
a² + b² = c²
30mL
a(b +c) = ab + ac
1 mile

50. deci
.01
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
1 day
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1