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Glossary

quart (qt)

capacity
80 ml
5 oz

70

60
50

40

30

20
10

1 quart = 2 pints

cup (c)

gallon (gal)

1 gallon = 4 quarts

pint (pt)

1 pint = 2 cups

0 oz

1 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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A
is a customary unit
of capacity. One quart equals 2pints.

A
ofcapacity.

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
4quarts.

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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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

centimeter (cm)

1 cm

10

CENTIMETERS

1 2

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)

2m

3m

4m

5m

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
16ounces.

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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Glossary

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

==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
1,000milliliters.

A
is a metric unit of mass equal to
1,000grams.

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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