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CLEP General Mathematics: Measurement And The Metric System

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1. Foot

2. Degree Fahrenheit
F 9C/5 + 32
4840 yd^2
0.946 L
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres

3. 1 foot (ft)
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
12 inches (in.)
1 kilometer 1000 meters
3 ft

4. Kilometer
3 ft
1.1 yd
(km) 1000 meters
1/144 ft^2

5. Millimeter
(hm) 100 meters
1 millimeter 1/1000 meter
0.4 in.
0.62 mi

6. Meter
(m) 1 meter
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
0.62 mi
The basic unit of length in the metric system

7. Yard
1.6 km
0.914 m
1 decimeter 1/10 meter
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres

8. 1 yard (yd)
Fractions that equal 1
1.06 qt
0.4 in.
3 ft

9. Meter
1 decimeter 1/10 meter
(m) 1 meter
C = 5(F-32)/9
1.1 yd

10. Liter
1 decimeter 1/10 meter
Fractions that equal 1
The basic unit of length in the metric system
Volume of a cube 10 cm on each edge

11. Kilometer
Volume of a cube 10 cm on each edge
0.62 mi
2.54 cm
(hm) 100 meters

12. Unit fractions
Fractions that equal 1
0.62 mi
3 ft
5280 ft

13. Degree Celsius
0.62 mi
12 inches (in.)
Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard
C = 5(F-32)/9

14. Dekameter
3 ft
1/9 yd^2
1 dekameter 10 meters
Volume of a cube 10 cm on each edge

15. 1 inch
0.62 mi
(dam) 10 meters
0.946 L
2.54 centimeters

16. 1 acre
1.06 qt
4840 yd^2
1 millimeter 1/1000 meter
Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard

17. Hectometer
(hm) 100 meters
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
The circumference of a person's waist - defined as 36 inches
0.62 mi

18. Inch
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
Volume of a cube 10 cm on each edge
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
1 millimeter 1/1000 meter

19. Units
(dam) 10 meters
12 inches (in.)
1/9 yd^2
Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard

20. Kilometer
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
1 kilometer 1000 meters
5280 ft
1 decimeter 1/10 meter

21. Mile
1.6 km
1 hectometer 100 meters
Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard
(m) 1 meter

22. Inch
5280 ft
0.914 m
C = 5(F-32)/9
2.54 cm

23. meter
1 dekameter 10 meters
Volume of a cube 10 cm on each edge
(m) 1 meter
1/9 yd^2

24. Hectometer
1 decimeter 1/10 meter
1 centimeter 1/100 meter
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
1 hectometer 100 meters

25. Liter
1.06 qt
1.1 yd
5280 ft
1 dekameter 10 meters

26. Two components of unit measurement
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
Fractions that equal 1
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
(km) 1000 meters

27. Yard

28. 1 in. ^2
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
1.6 km
0.62 mi
1/144 ft^2

29. Centimeter
(km) 1000 meters
1 centimeter 1/100 meter
F 9C/5 + 32
0.4 in.

30. 1 mile (mi)
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
2.54 cm
5280 ft
The circumference of a person's waist - defined as 36 inches

31. Dekameter
F 9C/5 + 32
(dam) 10 meters
(m) 1 meter
1 decimeter 1/10 meter

32. To change from one unit to another
(km) 1000 meters
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres
Fractions that equal 1
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.

33. 1 ft ^2
2.54 centimeters
1/9 yd^2
0.62 mi
(dam) 10 meters

34. Quart
0.914 m
0.946 L
(m) 1 meter
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres

35. Decimeter
The basic unit of length in the metric system
0.4 in.
1 decimeter 1/10 meter
Fractions that equal 1

36. Centimeter
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
0.4 in.
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
1 hectometer 100 meters

37. 1 hectare
Fractions that equal 1
2.54 cm
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres
(dam) 10 meters