Do These Numbers Ring a Bell?



  1.   1760 = number of yards in a mile

  2.   2000 = pounds in a ton

  3.   4840 = number of square yards in an acre

  4.   640 = the number of acres in a square mile

  5.   1.732 = square root of 3

  6.   2.54 = the number of centimeters in an inch

  7.   3.1416 = approximation of pi

  8.   366 = days in a Leap Year

  9.   1492 = the year Columbus discovered America

  10.   1.414 = square root of 2

  11.   1728 = the number of cubic inches in one cubic foot

  12.   3-4-5 = smallest Pythagorean triple

  13.   6080 = number of feet in a nautical mile

  14.   62.5 = 5/8 expressed as a percent

  15.   90 = degrees in a right angle




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