By the Numbers #71

Read the hint and select the number it describes — easy as 1-2-3!

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Number of sides a pentacontagon has
Wikidata: pentacontagon
Number of U.S. state capitals that begin with “Z”
Wikipedia: List of capitals in the United States
14 * 40
14 * 40

   = (1 * 1 * 1 * 1) * 40

   = 1 * 40

   = 40
If one U.S. dollar is worth 105 Japanese yen (it isn’t, but just pretend …!), how many dollars is 945 yen worth?
dollar/yen : 1/105 = x/945

Cross multiplication yields …

945 = 105x

Divide both sides of the equation by 105 to find …

9 = x
Regnal number of Pope Francis’s predecessor
Wikipedia: Pope Benedict XVI
Atomic number of the element silver
Wikipedia: Silver
Red number in the title of the 2024 Christmas action/comedy film that starred Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu and J.K. Simmons
Wikipedia: Red One (film)
Number of days in the month of Iyar in the Hebrew calendar
Wikipedia: Hebrew calendar
Year the soldiers of the First Crusade wrested Jerusalem from the Fatimid Caliphate
Wikipedia: First Crusade
The sum of the first five positive integers
Wikipedia: Integer

Number of JetPunk sovereign nations that share a land border with Chad (borders that run through rivers and lakes are considered land borders)
Wikipedia: Chad
D * II
The Roman numerals D and II are equivalent to the Arabic numbers 500 and 2, respectively. So, …

500 * 2 = 1000
Number found in the name of a San Francisco-based bag manufacturer perhaps best known for their backpacks, messenger bags and travel bags. Extra clue: The company’s name is a homophone with the name of an ancient city in Mali
Wikipedia: Timbuk2
The number of times Dorothy Gale clicked her heels together to return home from Oz * the number of inches in a hand (a unit for measuring the height of a horse)
Wikipedia: The Wizard of Oz


3 * 4 = 12
In inches, the maximum length of a regulation baseball bat
Wikipedia: Baseball bat
Phoenix needs two cups of pumpkin to make a pumpkin spice cake. The can of pumpkin in her pantry contains 8 cups. Assuming she has enough of all the other ingredients, how many pumpkin spice cakes can Phoenix make?
pumpkin/cakes : 2 cups/1 cake = 8 cups/x cakes

Cross multiplication yields …

8 = 2x

Divide both sides of the equation by 2 to find

4 = x
Year Canute (Cnut), Prince of Denmark, became the King of England
Wikipedia: Cnut
According to the idiom, the number that constitutes a crowd
The Free Dictionary: two's company, three's a crowd
Number of administrative districts that, along with the cities of Gaborone and Francistown; and the towns of Lobatse, Selebi-Phikwe, Orapa, Jwaneng and Sowa, comprise the first-level administrative divisions of Botswana
Wikipedia: Districts of Botswana
33 + 100/10
33 + 100/10

   = 33 + (100 ÷ 10)

   = 33 + 10

   = 43
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