[Some may need help to understand new terms used in mathematics these days.
Hope this helps you and your children’s homework assignments]
Ratio of an igloo’s circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi
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2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital
= 1 I.V. League
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2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton
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1 millionth mouthwash = 1 microscope
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Speed of a tortoise breaking the sound barrier = Mach Turtle
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Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour = Knot-furlong
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365.25 days of drinking diet soda because it’s less filling = 1 lite year
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16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Sterling
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Half of a large intestine = 1 semicolon
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1000 aches = 1 megahurtz
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Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower
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Shortest distance between two jokes = A straight line
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Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = bananosecond
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453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake
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Given the old adage “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single
step,” the first step of a one-mile journey = 1 Milwaukee
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1 million microphones = 1 megaphone
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1 million bicycles = 2 megacycles
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365.25 days = 1 unicycle
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Dr Bob Griffin, www.grif.net
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