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CLEP General Mathematics: Measurement And The Metric System

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Answer 37 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1 hectare
0.946 L
1 millimeter 1/1000 meter
The circumference of a person's waist - defined as 36 inches
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres

2. Inch
2.54 cm
(hm) 100 meters
(m) 1 meter
5280 ft

3. Hectometer
2.54 centimeters
1 hectometer 100 meters
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
1 kilometer 1000 meters

4. Yard

5. Inch
(hm) 100 meters
4840 yd^2
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
0.4 in.

6. Centimeter
1/9 yd^2
1 dekameter 10 meters
0.62 mi
0.4 in.

7. 1 foot (ft)
1 dekameter 10 meters
0.4 in.
12 inches (in.)
Volume of a cube 10 cm on each edge

8. Decimeter
0.62 mi
1 kilometer 1000 meters
1 decimeter 1/10 meter
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres

9. Meter
1.06 qt
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
1.1 yd
2.54 cm

10. Dekameter
1.06 qt
1 hectometer 100 meters
1 dekameter 10 meters
3 ft

11. 1 in. ^2
1 dekameter 10 meters
1 hectometer 100 meters
1/144 ft^2
1.1 yd

12. Foot

13. 1 mile (mi)
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
The circumference of a person's waist - defined as 36 inches
5280 ft
2.54 centimeters

14. Quart
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
0.946 L
(m) 1 meter
Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard

15. Kilometer
1.1 yd
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
C = 5(F-32)/9
1 kilometer 1000 meters

16. Hectometer
5280 ft
(dam) 10 meters
(hm) 100 meters
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

17. 1 acre
F 9C/5 + 32
1/9 yd^2
4840 yd^2
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)

18. 1 inch
1 decimeter 1/10 meter
1 kilometer 1000 meters
2.54 centimeters
C = 5(F-32)/9

19. Two components of unit measurement
(hm) 100 meters
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
0.4 in.
Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard

20. Mile
Volume of a cube 10 cm on each edge
(km) 1000 meters
1.6 km
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres

21. Millimeter
0.62 mi
1 millimeter 1/1000 meter
1 hectometer 100 meters
(dam) 10 meters

22. Degree Fahrenheit
The basic unit of length in the metric system
F 9C/5 + 32
3 ft
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

23. Unit fractions
0.62 mi
Fractions that equal 1
1 hectometer 100 meters
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.

24. 1 ft ^2
1 centimeter 1/100 meter
2.54 centimeters
1/9 yd^2
1 dekameter 10 meters

25. Kilometer
0.62 mi
4840 yd^2
2.54 centimeters
1/9 yd^2

26. Kilometer
1 decimeter 1/10 meter
(hm) 100 meters
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres
(km) 1000 meters

27. Yard
1.06 qt
0.914 m
1/9 yd^2
(hm) 100 meters

28. Units
1 kilometer 1000 meters
(hm) 100 meters
Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard
0.914 m

29. Liter
(dam) 10 meters
1.6 km
1 centimeter 1/100 meter
1.06 qt

30. Centimeter
The basic unit of length in the metric system
1.6 km
1 centimeter 1/100 meter
0.62 mi

31. Dekameter
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 dekameter 10 meters
(dam) 10 meters
4840 yd^2

32. To change from one unit to another
12 inches (in.)
1 dekameter 10 meters
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.

33. Liter
Volume of a cube 10 cm on each edge
1 decimeter 1/10 meter
0.62 mi
1 centimeter 1/100 meter

34. 1 yard (yd)
Fractions that equal 1
1 decimeter 1/10 meter
3 ft
0.946 L

35. Meter
The basic unit of length in the metric system
0.914 m
1 hectometer 100 meters
1 centimeter 1/100 meter

36. Degree Celsius
1 millimeter 1/1000 meter
Fractions that equal 1
C = 5(F-32)/9
12 inches (in.)

37. meter
1/9 yd^2
3 ft
(m) 1 meter
12 inches (in.)