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Units of WEIGHT in the US - ANSWERPound is the basic unit 16 oz in a pound A TON (=2,000 lbs) is used to measure large masses Units of LENGTH in the US - ANSWERYard is the basic unit 3 ft in a yard 12 in a foot (ft) 1 Mile is 1,760 yards **An ACRE = 4,840 sq ft used for AREA UNITS OF CAPACITY (volume) - ANSWERGallon = 4 quarts or 8 pints **1 quart = 2 pints Temperature - ANSWERF is about 32deg more than Celcius At SEA LEVEL water boils at 212 deg F and freezes at 32 deg F Equivalence - ANSWERMultiplication & Addition are = *Communicative property tells use that order DOES NOT MATTER you get the same answer *Associative property is grouping, and grouping order does NOT matter Distributive & factored are = What is the best method for measuring the central tendency? - ANSWER*The mean is usually the best BUT if there are major outliers- then no. These outliers will skew the result too much *The median CAN be best method when outliers are present because while it takes account all of the numbers/data. Unlike the mean, the median does not necessarily rely on the values of each individual number that it is counting giving us the most accurate central tendency