simple machines, working with numbers, types of measurement

A ___________ provides support to levers and allows them to pivot.

• wedge

• fulcrum

• pulley

______________ are especially important for providing wheelchair access to buildings.

• Pulleys

• Inclined planes

• Wheel and axles

People often use ____________ to help them split firewood.

• screws

• loads

• wedges

Another way of saying five to the third power is five _____________.

• squared

• percent

• cubed

Five hundredths expressed as a figure is ______________ .

• 0.5

• 0.05

• 0.005

One half is another way of saying fifty ____________.

• thousandths

• exponents

• percent

People who use imperial measurements measure height in ____________.

• feet

• liters

• meters

Three hundred and fifty centimeters is equal to 3.5 _____________ .

• meters

• feet

• inches

The metric system equivalent to pounds is ___________ .

• liters

• gallons

• kilograms

How do we call this simple machine?