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quart (qt)
capacity
80 ml
5 oz
70
4
60
50
3
40
2
30
1
20
10
1 quart = 2 pints
cup (c)
gallon (gal)
1 gallon = 4 quarts
pint (pt)
1 pint = 2 cups
0 oz
1 fl oz
ounce (oz)
weight
10
fluid ounce (fl oz)
1
2
9
8
3
7
6
4
5
A small piece of cheese weighs
about 1 ounce.
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is a customary unit
of capacity. One quart equals 2 pints.
A
of capacity.
is a customary unit
A
is a customary unit of capacity equal to
2 tablespoons.
An
unit of weight.
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is the amount a container can hold,
measured in liquid units.
A
is a customary
unit of capacity. One gallon equals
4 quarts.
A
is a customary unit
of capacity. One pint equals 2 cups.
is a customary
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is how heavy an object is.
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Glossary
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ton (T)
pound (lb)
A small car weighs about a ton.
1 pound = 16 ounces
millimeter (mm)
1 mm
1 2
1 ton = 2,000 pounds
3
4
5
6
7
centimeter (cm)
1 cm
8
9
10
CENTIMETERS
1 2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
CENTIMETERS
10 mm = 1 cm
1 cm = 10 mm
meter (m)
kilometer (km)
9 0 9 1 9 2 9 3 9 4 9 5 9 6 9 7 9 8 9 9 100
METER
1 kilometer is about the
length of 4 city blocks.
mass
milliliter (mL)
L
2m
L
3m
L
4m
L
5m
L
100 cm = 1 m
1m
100 cm = 1 m
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is a customary unit of
A
weight. One ton equals 2,000 pounds.
is a customary
A
unit of weight. One pound equals
16 ounces.
A
is a metric unit of length. One hundred
centimeters equals 1 meter.
A
is a metric unit of length.
Ten millimeters equals 1 centimeter.
One thousand millimeters equals
1 meter.
A
is a metric unit of length. One kilometer
equals 1,000 meters.
is a metric unit
A
of length equal to 100 centimeters.
A
is a metric unit of capacity. One thousand
milliliters equals 1 liter.
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is the amount of matter that something
contains.
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gram (g)
liter (L)
1 gram
milligram (mg)
kilogram (kg)
1 kilogram
Three typical grains of salt have a
combined mass of about 1 mg.
area
perimeter
10
5
5
==9 9square
unitsunits
square
10
+ 10++55 +
5 +510
+1010= 30
= units
30 units
formula
P = (2 × /) + (2 × w)
A=/×w
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is a metric unit
A
of mass. One thousand grams equals
1 kilogram.
A
is a metric unit of capacity equal to
1,000 milliliters.
A
is a metric unit of mass equal to
1,000 grams.
A
is a metric unit of mass. One thousand
milligrams equals 1 gram.
The number of square units needed to
The distance around a figure is its
cover a region is its
.
.
A
is an equation that uses symbols to
relate two or more quantities.
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