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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. Yard
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
0.914 m
0.62 mi
(dam) 10 meters

2. Liter
Volume of a cube 10 cm on each edge
1/144 ft^2
0.4 in.
(m) 1 meter

3. Meter
(m) 1 meter
1.1 yd
12 inches (in.)
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres

4. Degree Fahrenheit
F 9C/5 + 32
1 dekameter 10 meters
0.914 m
1 decimeter 1/10 meter

5. 1 inch
(dam) 10 meters
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres
2.54 centimeters
0.946 L

6. Inch
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
C = 5(F-32)/9
12 inches (in.)
2.54 centimeters

7. Hectometer
1 centimeter 1/100 meter
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 hectometer 100 meters
1/9 yd^2

8. Hectometer
(hm) 100 meters
The basic unit of length in the metric system
C = 5(F-32)/9
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

9. Millimeter
1 decimeter 1/10 meter
1.6 km
1 dekameter 10 meters
1 millimeter 1/1000 meter

10. To change from one unit to another
2.54 cm
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
12 inches (in.)
Fractions that equal 1

11. 1 yard (yd)
C = 5(F-32)/9
12 inches (in.)
3 ft
Fractions that equal 1

12. Centimeter
F 9C/5 + 32
0.4 in.
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
(dam) 10 meters

13. Foot

14. 1 hectare
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres
The basic unit of length in the metric system
1.6 km
12 inches (in.)

15. Unit fractions
Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard
3 ft
(km) 1000 meters
Fractions that equal 1

16. 1 foot (ft)
1.06 qt
1 millimeter 1/1000 meter
(m) 1 meter
12 inches (in.)

17. Dekameter
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres
3 ft
(dam) 10 meters
1.6 km

18. Liter
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres
1.06 qt
(km) 1000 meters

19. meter
(m) 1 meter
1/9 yd^2
1.06 qt
2.54 cm

20. Degree Celsius
1/144 ft^2
(hm) 100 meters
C = 5(F-32)/9
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

21. Inch
1 centimeter 1/100 meter
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
(m) 1 meter
2.54 cm

22. Quart
0.946 L
1 millimeter 1/1000 meter
1 dekameter 10 meters
12 inches (in.)

23. Meter
Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard
The basic unit of length in the metric system
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
The circumference of a person's waist - defined as 36 inches

24. Dekameter
F 9C/5 + 32
1 dekameter 10 meters
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres
Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard

25. 1 acre
5280 ft
3 ft
4840 yd^2
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)

26. 1 ft ^2
1 dekameter 10 meters
1/9 yd^2
1 kilometer 1000 meters
1 millimeter 1/1000 meter

27. Kilometer
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
0.62 mi
1/9 yd^2
(m) 1 meter

28. Mile
F 9C/5 + 32
The circumference of a person's waist - defined as 36 inches
1.6 km
1 centimeter 1/100 meter

29. Kilometer
(km) 1000 meters
1/9 yd^2
0.914 m
1 dekameter 10 meters

30. Centimeter
1 centimeter 1/100 meter
3 ft
0.4 in.
1 millimeter 1/1000 meter

31. Yard

32. Two components of unit measurement
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
F 9C/5 + 32
1 decimeter 1/10 meter
1 centimeter 1/100 meter

33. 1 mile (mi)
5280 ft
3 ft
0.4 in.
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

34. Decimeter
(m) 1 meter
1 hectometer 100 meters
1 decimeter 1/10 meter
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

35. 1 in. ^2
1.1 yd
3 ft
1/144 ft^2
The circumference of a person's waist - defined as 36 inches

36. Units
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard
1/144 ft^2
F 9C/5 + 32

37. Kilometer
1 kilometer 1000 meters
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