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By the Numbers #65

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Manjusha has twice as many pizzas as Benedict. Maxton has five pizzas, which is nine fewer than Manjusha has. How many pizzas does Benedict have?
Maxton has five pizzas, nine fewer than Manjusha. So, Manjusha has 14 pizzas.
Since 14 pizzas is twice as many as Benedict has, Benedict must have seven pizzas.
Number of decades in two millennia
The Free Dictionary: decade


2000 years (2 millennia) ÷ 10 years (decade) = 200 years
Number of days in November (Mensis November) in the Roman Republican calendar used until 45 BCE (when it was replaced by the Julian calendar)
Wikipedia: Roman calendar
Atomic number of the element niobium
Wikipedia: Niobium
Number of departments (départements) that comprise the first-level administrative divisions of Benin
Wikipedia: Departments of Benin
The number sometimes used to refer to a curveball in baseball * the number of little pigs in the fairy tale + 94
Wikipedia: Curveball


2 * 3 + 94

   = 6 + 94

   = 100
Year the Time of Troubles ended in Russia with the establishment of the House of Romanov
Wikipedia: House of Romanov
Number of JetPunk sovereign states that share a land border with Cape Verde
Wikipedia: Cape Verde
81/9 * 10
81/9 * 10

   = 9 * 10

   = 90
August date on which the Church of England commemorates the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Church of England: Common Worship
In obsolete Australian pence, the denomination of the coin that was sometimes referred to as a “zack”
Wikipedia: Slang terms for money
According to the idiom, the number of cylinders one is firing on if they are working at peak efficiency
The Free Dictionary: fire on all four cylinders
Year Jamestown, Virginia (then known as James Fort) was settled as what would become the first permanent English settlement in North America
Wikipedia: Jamestown, Virginia
Cabin number of the woman in the title of Ruth Ware’s 2016 novel whose film adaptation is expected to be released in 2025
Wikipedia: The Woman in Cabin 10
Number of Scottish monarchs from the House of Alpin (848–1034)
Wikipedia: List of Scottish monarchs
√64 * 8
√64 * 8

   = 8 * 8

   = 64
Number of U.S. state capitals that begin with “P”
Wikipedia: List of capitals in the United States
Number of fine days in the title of the 1996 rom-com that starred Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney
Wikipedia: One Fine Day (1996 film)
Number of sides a tetracontatrigon has
Wikidata: tetracontatrigon
MD + XCIII
The Roman numerals MD and XCIII are equivalent to the Arabic numbers 1500 and 93, respectively. So, …

1500 + 93 = 1593
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