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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. Quart
0.62 mi
Volume of a cube 10 cm on each edge
1 decimeter 1/10 meter
0.946 L

2. Hectometer
(hm) 100 meters
1.6 km
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres
1.1 yd

3. Kilometer
0.62 mi
0.946 L
(km) 1000 meters
F 9C/5 + 32

4. Dekameter
(dam) 10 meters
1/144 ft^2
(km) 1000 meters
Volume of a cube 10 cm on each edge

5. Yard
1/9 yd^2
12 inches (in.)
0.914 m
1.6 km

6. Centimeter
1.06 qt
1 millimeter 1/1000 meter
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres
1 centimeter 1/100 meter

7. 1 hectare
(dam) 10 meters
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres
0.4 in.
1.6 km

8. Hectometer
F 9C/5 + 32
Fractions that equal 1
The basic unit of length in the metric system
1 hectometer 100 meters

9. Decimeter
0.914 m
2.54 centimeters
1 decimeter 1/10 meter
1.06 qt

10. Kilometer
1 dekameter 10 meters
0.62 mi
1/144 ft^2
(km) 1000 meters

11. Foot

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12. Two components of unit measurement
C = 5(F-32)/9
0.914 m
The circumference of a person's waist - defined as 36 inches
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

13. 1 ft ^2
1/9 yd^2
(hm) 100 meters
12 inches (in.)
1/144 ft^2

14. Inch
(km) 1000 meters
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
5280 ft

15. meter
F 9C/5 + 32
1 millimeter 1/1000 meter
(m) 1 meter
12 inches (in.)

16. Liter
(m) 1 meter
1 kilometer 1000 meters
3 ft
1.06 qt

17. 1 inch
1.06 qt
2.54 centimeters
1/144 ft^2
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

18. Yard

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19. Dekameter
1 dekameter 10 meters
F 9C/5 + 32
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
Fractions that equal 1

20. Meter
0.946 L
0.62 mi
Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard
1.1 yd

21. To change from one unit to another
The basic unit of length in the metric system
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 centimeter 1/100 meter
(m) 1 meter

22. Unit fractions
5280 ft
0.4 in.
Fractions that equal 1
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres

23. Kilometer
The circumference of a person's waist - defined as 36 inches
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres
1 kilometer 1000 meters
Volume of a cube 10 cm on each edge

24. Units
(hm) 100 meters
Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard
5280 ft
1/144 ft^2

25. 1 mile (mi)
(m) 1 meter
0.914 m
1 kilometer 1000 meters
5280 ft

26. Meter
1 kilometer 1000 meters
The basic unit of length in the metric system
12 inches (in.)
5280 ft

27. Degree Celsius
1 dekameter 10 meters
(km) 1000 meters
C = 5(F-32)/9
5280 ft

28. Centimeter
3 ft
0.4 in.
1/9 yd^2
1 hectometer 100 meters

29. Degree Fahrenheit
1.06 qt
F 9C/5 + 32
0.4 in.
1 centimeter 1/100 meter

30. 1 in. ^2
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
The basic unit of length in the metric system
1/144 ft^2
1.1 yd

31. Mile
1 hectometer 100 meters
(dam) 10 meters
1.6 km
Volume of a cube 10 cm on each edge

32. Millimeter
0.914 m
1 millimeter 1/1000 meter
1.06 qt
The basic unit of length in the metric system

33. 1 acre
4840 yd^2
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres
(km) 1000 meters
1 dekameter 10 meters

34. 1 yard (yd)
3 ft
F 9C/5 + 32
4840 yd^2
2.54 cm

35. 1 foot (ft)
2.54 centimeters
(hm) 100 meters
12 inches (in.)
1.6 km

36. Liter
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres
(km) 1000 meters
Volume of a cube 10 cm on each edge
0.4 in.

37. Inch
(km) 1000 meters
0.914 m
10 -000 m^2 = 2.47 acres
2.54 cm