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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