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YSHS Pre-alg Ch3
Pre alg ch.3 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Standard | U.S. system of measurement |
| Metric | System of measurement used world wide (Except for in the United States.) |
| Furlong | 220 Yds. / 8 furlongs = 1 mile |
| Inch | 2.54 cm |
| foot | 12 in. |
| yard | 3 feet |
| mile | 5280 ft |
| Multiplication property of Equality | When equal quantities are multiplies by the same number the resulting quantities are equal.1 mi. = 5280 ft1.7 x 1 Mi. = 1.7 X 5280 ft1.7 mi. = 8976 ft |
| ounce | The base unit for liquid measure in the standard system of measurement |
| pound | 16 ounces |
| Short ton | 2000 Lbs. |
| Cup | 8 Fl. Oz |
| Fluid ounce | measurement of capacity |
| Pint | two cups |
| quart | two pints |
| gallon | four quarts |
| International | Metric system |
| Milli | Used for small items such as perfume..001 |
| Centi | Used for small items such as the diameter of an asprin.01 |
| kilo | Heavier weights Distance between cities.1000 |
| Meter | The base unit of length in the metric system |
| Gram | The base unit of weight in the metric system |
| Liter | The base unit of volume in the metric system |
| Ray | A line that goes on forever in one direction. |
| End point of a ray angle | Starting point of two rays that start in the same place. |
| < ABC | Angle ABC |
| Vertex of an angle | End point of a ray angle |
| Degree | a unit for measurement of an angle that is = to 1/360 |
| Center of a protractor | The mid point of the baseline protractor. The midpoint is placed over the vertex of the angle being measured. |
| Central angle | An Angle whos vertex is the center of a circle. (Like a slice of pie) |
| Right Angle | An angle that is 90 degrees |
| Area Square | A measure of the space inside a two dimensional figure |
| Square units | A square whose sides are one unit long |
| Hectare | 10,000 square meters |
| volume | The measure of space inside an objectA.K.A. Capacity |
| Capacity | The measure of space inside an object A.K.A.Volume |
| cube | A dimensional figure with Six square faces |
| cubic | having the volume of a cube whose length, width, and depth (or height) each measure the given unit ie. CC, Cu in, Cu ft |
| units | Volume of a figure |