By the Numbers #54

CD ÷ IV

Number of pecks in a bushel + number of quarts in a gallon + number of pounds in a ton

Age at which life begins, according to the phrase popularized by the title of Walter B. Pitkin’s 1932 self-help book

Number of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Sum of the numbers present in the title of John Godey‘s 1973 thriller novel about the hijacking of a subway train; and in the titles of the three films based on his novel (1974, 1998, 2009)

Number (of children) that was enough in the title of the U.S. sitcom that aired on ABC between 1977 and 1981, and that starred Dick Van Patten and Diana Hyland

25 25/75 + 50 50/75

Number of JetPunk sovereign states that share a land border with Belize

Maximum number of years North American periodical cicadas remain in the ground before emerging to mate

October date on which the Church of England commemorates Luke the Evangelist

Octember date in the title of Dr. Seuss’s 1977 children’s book

Number of sides a triacontadigon has

The sum of all single-digit decimal digits

Number of Orientales (easterners) who established Uruguay’s independence in 1825, and who are commemorated in the name of the Uruguayan city of Treinta y Tres

Denomination of the U.S. banknote sometimes referred to as a “sawbuck”

Number found in the name of the Rolls Royce Corniche model produced from 1999 to 2002

Simplify 250/2

Atomic number of the element zinc

Number of parishes (parròquies) that comprise the first level administrative divisions of the Principality of Andorra