All things equal?Can you solve this equation: 7 = D. I. A. W.? Why, it's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have "7 = Days in a Week"! Look at each equation below and figure out what common expression each number and its letter clues stand for. 1. 60 = S.I.A.M. -- 2. 10 = Y.I.A.D. -- 3. 50 = S.I.T.U.S. -- 4. 2,000 = P.I.A.T. -- 5. 5,280 = F.I.A.M. -- 6. 25 = C.I.A.Q. -- 7. 26 = L.I.T.A. -- 8. 88 = K.O.A.P. -- ANSWERS 1. seconds in a minute 2. years in a decade 3. states in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. 4. pounds in a ton 5. feet in a mile 6. cups in a quart 7. letters in the alphabet alphabet [Gr. alpha-beta, like Eng. ABC], system of writing, theoretically having a one-for-one relation between character (or letter) and phoneme (see phonetics). Few alphabets have achieved the ideal exactness. 8. keys on a piano |
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