By the Numbers #54

Atomic number of the element zinc

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

Simplify 250/2

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

Number of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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

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

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

Number of twins mentioned in a brand of organic ice cream headquartered in Petaluma, California from 2005 until the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to close in 2020

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)

CD ÷ IV

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

25 25/75 + 50 50/75

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

Number of sides a triacontadigon has

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

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

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

The sum of all single-digit decimal digits