CALCULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS

12 units = 1 dozen / 12dozen = 1 gross / 100 years = 1 century / 16 ounces = 1 pound / 100
pounds = 1 hundredweight / 20 hundredweights = 1 ton / 12 inches = 1 foot / 3 feet = 1 yard
/ 1,720 yards = 1 mile.
ABREVIATIONS
Dozen (doz) / gross (gr) / second (sec) / minute (mn) / hour (hr) / day (da) / week (wk) / month
(mo) / year (yr) / century (c) / ounce (oz) / pound (lb) / hundredweight (cwt) / ton (T) / inches
(in) / foot (ft) / yard (yd) / mile (mi)
Exercise 1 WRITE IN LETTERS THE FIGURES AND SYMBOLS
1) 573 + 2,342 = 2,915
2) 3,936 ÷ 3 = 1,312
3) 98% - 45% = 53%
4) 5,847 ˟ 56 = 327,432
5) 85 > 63
Exercise 2 WRITE IN WORDS THESE FIGURES, SYMBOLS AND ABREVIATIONS
1- 5 da 8 hr 45 mn ->
2- 24 doz = 2 gr ->
3- 10 yr 7 mo 3 wk ->
4- 11 yd 3 ft 19 in ->
5- 2T 12 cwt 53 lb 13 oz ->
SIZE IN GENERAL
Extra small (XS) / Small (S) / Medium (M) / Large (L) / Extra Large (XL) / Double Extra Large
(XXL)
LARGE IN SIZE
BIG a big man / a big dog / a big mountain / a big increase / a big problem
LARGE a large family / a large lake
WIDE a wide classroom / a wide forest
GREAT a great stone / a great heat / a great singer / a great time / great difficulty / great
importance
EXTRA LARGE IN SIZE
ENORMOUS an enormous man / an enormous lion / an enormous building / an enormous
difference
MASSIVE a massive crowd / a massive chest / a massive increase
HUGE a huge person / a huge elephant / a huge improvement
VAST (very wide / big) a vast area / a vast organization / a vast expense
HIGH / TALL a high building / a tall building / a tall boy
SMALL IN SIZE
LITTLE / SMALL a little house / a small boy / a little boy / a small dog / a little dog / a small
amount / a small problem / a little difficulty / a small tree
THIN / FINE (opposite of fat) a thin boy / a thin line / a fine line / a fine hair
NARROW (opposite of wide) a narrow room / a narrow road / a narrow gate
SHORT / LOW (opposite of tall / high) a short person / a low building
SHORT (opposite of long) a short time / a short distance
MINOR (not important) a minor poet / a minor problem / a minor difficulty
EXTRA SMALL IN SIZE
TINY a tiny ant / a tiny baby
MICROSCOPIC a microscopic creature
MINUTE a minute amount
Exercise 3 COMPLETE WITH THE FOLLOWING SIZES: minor / great / enormous / large /
short / minute / tall / superior / skinny / vast / fine / small / high / big / narrow / low
1) A ----------------------------------- hole is a very deep hole.
2) A ----------------------------------- girl is a very thin girl.
3) A ----------------------------------- engineer is a famous engineer.
4) A ----------------------------------- amount of money is a very small amount of money.
5) A skyscraper is very -----------------------------------------.
6) A ------------------------------------ teacher is a teacher of little importance.
7) A student who is not short is ---------------------------------.
8) A tree that is not tall is ----------------------------------------.
9) A ----------------------------------- forest is very wide.
10) A ----------------------------------- problem is difficult to solve.
11) A ----------------------------------- family contains lots of members.
12) A small road is -----------------------------------.
13) A small line is a -------------------------------- line.
14) A building that is not high is -------------------------------------.
15) A small journey is --------------------------------------------------.
16) A big telephone is a ---------------------------------------- telephone.
17) A very big difference is an---------------------------------- difference.