tque	tque	tque	triv	1						10-4 means OK in radio communications.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						4000 years ago the ancient Egyptians used the shadow cast by a cross piece onto a scale to tell time.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						A cord of firewood is a stack 4 feet wide 4 feet high and 8 feet long.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						A dot after a musical note means that the length of time that note is held is increased by half.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					002	A fortnight is 2 months.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						A human body temperature of 39  Centigrade is a fever.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						A knot is one nautical mile per hour.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					006	A land mile is about 127% of a nautical mile.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						A land mile is about 87% of a nautical mile.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					007	A.M. means ante millenium in Latin.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					008	A normal human body temperature is 35 Centigrade.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					009	A number is "cubed" when it is raised to the 4th power.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						A pedometer measures how far a person walks.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					010	A perfect diamond crystal has 6 sides.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					011	A perfect salt crystal has 12 sides.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						A person has about 1 quart of blood for every 25 pounds of body weight.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					012	A person weighs more on the moon than on the Earth because the pull of gravity is lower.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						A prism has a uniform shape along its entire length.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					013	A spirometer measures how much oxygen moves in and out of a person's lungs.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					014	A winner in a horse race might be determined using the laws of trigonometry.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Alexander Graham Bell used a kite with 1200 cells to lift his assistant 30 feet in the air.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					016	All hexagons can be tessellated.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						All parallelograms are quadrilaterals.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					017	All pentagons can be tessellated.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					018	All quadrilaterals are rectangles.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					019	All triangles can be fitted together so that there is no space between them.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					020	An arc is part of a polygon.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						An arrow shot from a longbow could travel up to 750 feet.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Antarctica covers an area less than 16 million km in size.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Any line parallel to the skyline of the ocean is called a horizontal line.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					021	Aristotle is known as the Father of geometry.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Bees build the wax cells in their honeycombs in the shape of hexagons so they can get the greatest area in each cell with the least amount of wax.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Books in a library are categorized by Dewey Decimal Number Groups which are 3-digit numbers that represent the subject matter of the book.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						By the time you are 6 years old your brain has reached about 90% of its adult size.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Carl Sandberg said Arithmetic is where you have to multiply -- and you carry the multiplication table in your head and hope you won't lose it.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						China covers 11 international time zones but its government uses only 1 for the whole country.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					022	Coins in Canada are based on a unit of 100 pence.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					023	Coins in Great Britain are based on a unit called the mark.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Coins in Japan are based on a unit of 1 yen.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					024	Coins in Mexico are made in denominations of 1 5 10 20 50 100 and 500 marks.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Computers use principles of geometry to display and print letters and numbers.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					025	Crystals grow in the shape of polygons.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Crystals have specific geometric shapes determined by the substance they are made of.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					030	From sea level up to 40000 feet the air temperature falls by about 6 degrees for every 1000 foot rise in altitude.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					028	For regular polygons drawn inside a circle the more sides the polygon has the farther each side is from the circumference of the circle.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					029	From earliest times architects have used the principles of trigonometry to design beautiful structures.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						From earliest times architects have used the principles of geometry and symmetry to design some of the most beautiful structures in the world.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Gale warnings are issued when wind speeds are 33-48 knots.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					031	Humidity and wind speed determine the wind-chill factor.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					032	If you draw a line from each point of any triangle to the middle of the opposite side of the triangle the 3 lines will be the same length.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						On December 24 1924 at Fairfield Montana the temperature dropped a record of 84F in 12 hours.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					044	On January 22 1943 at Spearfish South Dakota the temperature rose a record of 49F in 2 hours.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					034	In music a half note with a dot is held for the same amount of time as two half notes.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						In the 1870s the German inventor F. Sartorius invented a balance scale that was accurate to one part in a million.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					035	It takes exactly 24 hours for one complete rotation of the Earth on its axis.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						It takes over 35 miles of wool yarn to cover an average size billiard table.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Jupiter moves faster around the sun than Saturn does.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					036	Latitude gives you the north/south distance from the equator from 0 to 180.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Longitude gives you the east/west location from 0 to 180.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					037	Mars moves faster around the sun than the Earth does.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Mercury moves faster around the sun than the Earth does.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Military time uses a 24-hour clock instead of a 12-hour clock.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Morse code can transmit messages where there are no telephone lines.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					039	Morse code is used only by English speaking people.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Of the 11500 species of plants in Europe 2300 are threatened.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Of the 25000 species of plants identified in Australia 120 are now extinct.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Of the 25000 species of plants in Australia 2100 are threatened.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					043	Olympic running events are measured in yards.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						One gallon of water weighs about 8.3 pounds.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					027	For a ship one nautical mile per hour equals 2 knots of speed.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					045	P.M. stands for post meridiem which means before noon in Latin.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Paper money in Canada is based on a unit of one dollar.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					046	Paper money in Great Britain is based on a unit of one dollar.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					047	Paper money in Japan is based on the wan.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					048	Paper money in Mexico is based on the tienda.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					049	Pluto moves faster around the sun than the Earth does.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					050	Relative humidity is the ratio of fog to air.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					052	Saturn moves faster around the sun than the Earth does.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Scientists studying one beach counted an average of 14000 waves per day washing up on the shore.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Television was invented in 1923.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The + and - signs were first used in the 15th century by German merchants to note defective weights.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					053	The average adult heart rate is 112 beats per minute.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					054	The average American home has the TV on about 50 hours per week. This is 50% of the total number of hours in a week.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The average body temperature of an adult is 98.6F.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Modern algebra began over 700 years ago when German mathematician J. Nemorarius first used letters to represent numbers.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The blood in your body circulates completely about 1000 times a day.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					055	The center of rotation of a shape always moves when you rotate the shape.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The coating on electroplated gold jewelry is 7 millionths of an inch thick.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					056	The Commonwealth of Independent States formerly the Soviet Union covers 6 time zones.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					057	The compass was invented in the 16th century.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					058	The core of the Earth is 1000 miles thick.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					060	The digital watch was invented in 1955.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					061	The earliest known rain gauge was described in Rome about 2400 years ago.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The Earth completes one orbit around the sun in just over 365 days.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					063	The Earth's crust is 50 miles thick.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					064	The east and west time zones meet at an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean called the International Date Line.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					066	The first adding and subtracting machine was invented by Blaise Pascal in the 19th century.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The first balance scales were made about 6000 years ago by the Sumerians.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					067	The first bank check was written in 1659 for an amount of 10 pounds in Indian currency.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The first bomber planes used in World War I flew at a top speed of 80 miles per hour.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The first calculating machine the abacus was developed in ancient Mesopotamia about 5000 years ago.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The first definition of a meter was one ten-millionth of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The first geometry book written by the Greek mathematician Euclid was written almost 2300 years ago.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					069	The first home computer produced in the United States was made in 1956.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					071	The first paper money was issued in the 6th century A.D. by the Spanish.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The first pocket calculators mass produced in the United States were made in 1971.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					072	The first prototype of the modern computer was built in the 19th century by Hewlett and Packard.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The first prototype of the modern computer was built in the early 19th century.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The first prototype of the modern computer was called the difference engine.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The first radar defense system produced in Great Britain in 1935 could detect an airplane 8 miles away at an altitude of 10000 feet.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					074	There is no recorded use of the + and - signs before the 18th century.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The first = sign was used by Robert Recorde in 1557.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The force of gravity on the Earth is 15 pounds per square inch.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					075	The giant catapults used by Greek armies could shoot heavy stones about 100 feet.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					096	The windiest place in the world is Commonwealth Bay in the United States where winds reach 200 mph.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The greatest recorded rainfall during a 12-hour period was 45 inches.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					076	The greatest recorded rainfall during a 24-hour period was 152 inches.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The greatest recorded rainfall during a 24-hour period was 72 inches.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The greatest recorded rainfall per minute in the world was 1.23 inches.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The greatest recorded snowfall in the United States in one month was 390 inches.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					051	Sailors use an instrument called an octant to calculate their latitude or how far north or south they are.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					077	The International Date Line is 0 longitude halfway around the world from the prime meridien.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The largest dam in the world is 1066 feet tall.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The longest ship canal in  the world is between the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea and is 1850 miles long.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The mantle of the Earth is about 1800 miles thick.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					081	The maximum speed that tidal waves can reach as they travel across the ocean is 200 mph.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The mean distance between the Earth and the moon is 238860 miles.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The metric system was introduced about 200 years ago.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The microprocessor was invented in 1969.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The mile we use today was originally 1000 steps of a Roman soldier.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The minimum speed of the wind in a hurricane warning is 74 mph.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The nuclear submarine Nautilus can travel 62000 miles without refueling.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					083	The number of grains of sand in the world is infinite.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The number of grains of sand on Coney Island is about 10 to the 20th power (10).
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The numeric prefix centi means hundred in Latin.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					084	The numeric prefix deca means deadly in Greek.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The numeric prefix deci means ten in Latin.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The numeric prefix hecto means acre in Greek.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					085	The numeric prefix kilo means heavy in Greek.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The numeric prefix milli means thousand in Latin.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The parentheses ( ) were first used in the 16th century.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					086	The path of each of the planets around the sun is shaped like an eclipse.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The planet Jupiter is about 484 million miles from the sun.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					087	The planet Mercury is about 90 million miles from the sun.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					088	The planet Venus is about 40 million miles from the sun.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The prime meridien is 0 longitude.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					089	Viete the person who first used letters to represent numbers was employed as a mathematician.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The Statue of Liberty is 151 feet tall.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					092	The sun is about 66 million miles from planet Earth .
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					094	The technique of drawing objects that look 3-dimensional on a flat surface uses the principles of relativity.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The temperature at the bottom of a blast furnace can be up to 1600F.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The total ocean surface area on the earth is about 360 million km.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The value of a United States dollar is not the same as the value of a Canadian dollar.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The Voyager I spacecraft was 3.7 billion miles from Earth when it sent its last pictures to Earth.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The weight of the entire atmosphere is 5700 trillion tons.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						The World Trade Center in Chicago is 1377 feet tall.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					099	There are 100 kilos in one mega.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					100	There are 10000 units in one mega.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					101	There are 12 time zones in the world.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						There are 13 rolls in a baker's dozen.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						There are about 17600 cucumber seeds in a pound.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						There are 1000 units in one kilo.
tque	tque	tque	triv	2					106	There are only 8 different kinds of regular polyhedra.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						There is enough carbon in an average adult's body to make about 900 pencils.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Lewis Carroll the famous author of Alice in Wonderland  was also a well known writer and publisher of books on mathematics.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Tidal waves (tsunamis) can be up to 100 feet tall before they reach the shore.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						Wind speeds in a tornado can reach 300 miles per hour.
tque	tque	tque	triv	1						If it displays 30 frames per second a one-minute cartoon will require 1800 frames.
