Quantities

How much would a stack of $1 bills one mile high be worth?
If something is a "hairbreadth" away, how far away is it?
How long is a nautical mile (sea mile)?
How many square feet are in an acre of land?
How many square yards are in one acre?
How many acres are in a square mile?
How many square yards are in one square mile?
A drinking straw holds 7.7 ml of liquid. How many strawfuls would it take to fill a 34-gallon bathtub?
How much does a ten-gallon hat hold?
How many cookies will the average American eat in a lifetime?
How much soda does the average American drink each year?
A typical U.S. grocery store in 1928 carried about 870 items. How many items were carried in super-size supermarkets in 1998?
How many pounds of earthworms can you expect to find in an acre of fertile soil?
In 1970, $1 (U.S.) would buy 350 Japanese yen. How many Japanese yen could you get for $1 today?
How much water does a washing machine use for one load of wash?
How much water is used to clean one load of dishes in a dishwasher?
How much water is used by the average American every day (for cooking, washing, flushing, watering the lawn)?
If you counted one grain of sand every second, starting on January 1, 2000, when would you finish counting one billion grains?
How many pounds of potato chips are consumed by Americans on Super Bowl Sunday?
How many tablespoons are in one cup?
Pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. (If you multiply pi times the diameter, you'll find the circumference. If you divide the circumference by the diameter, you'll find pi.) What is the value of pi, to the first 20 decimal places?
The first large-scale electronic computer was built in 1946 and could multiply about 3,000 numbers in one second. How many mathematical operations can be done in one second by the computer at which you are sitting?
How many minutes are there in one day?
How many items are in a gross?
How many cubic feet are in one cord (such as a cord of wood)?
How many square inches are in one square yard?
How long is a rod?
How long is a furlong?
How many feet are in one mile?
How many furlongs are in one mile?
How many miles are in one league?
How many pounds are in one hundredweight?
How many pounds are in one ton?
How many drams are in one ounce?
How many gills are in one pint?
How many gallons are in one barrel?
How many fluid drams are in one fluid ounce?
How many gills are in one pint?"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers…" How much is a peck?
How many pecks are in one bushel?
How many degrees are in a circle?
How many degrees are in one quadrant?
How many degrees are in a straight angle?
There are 360 degrees in a circle… how many minutes  are in one degree?
How many cubic inches are in a gallon?
On September 14, 2005, a truck carrying 39,000 pounds of new Kansas quarters caught fire and spilled its load, worth about $800,000, onto a highway in Alabama. How much is a pound of quarters worth? Given that there are 4 quarters in each dollar, about how many coins are there in a pound of quarters?

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