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Mrs. Babb, 3rd & 4th Period Classes, Woodruff High School, USA
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
"When we pronounce number words we include the word "and" for the decimal, not between periods of numbers, like three hundred and four."
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4, 9 and 18

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4 multiplied by 4 [the number of letters in four] equals 16 which is the square of 4
9 multiplied by 4 [the number of letters in nine] equals 36 which is the square of 6
18 multiplied by 8 [the number of letters in eighteen] equals 144 which is the square of 12

36 multiplied by 9 [the number of letters in thirty six] equals 324 which is the square of 18
49 multiplied by 9 [the number of letters in forty nine] equals 441 which is the square of 21
64 multiplied by 9 [the number of letters in sixty four] equals 576 which is the square of 24
81 multiplied by 9 [the number of letters in eighty one] equals 729 which is the square of 27

300 multiplied by 12 [the number of letters in three hundred] equals 3600 which is the square of 60
304 multiplied by 19 [the number of letters in three hundred and four] equals 5776 which is the square of 76
324 multiplied by 25 [the number of letters in three hundred and twenty four] equals 8100 which is the square of 90
726 multiplied by 24 [the number of letters in seven hundred and twenty six] equals 17424 which is the square of 132
729 multiplied by 25 [the number of letters in seven hundred and twenty nine] equals 18225 which is the square of 135
784 multiplied by 25 [the number of letters in seven hundred and eighty four] equals 19600 which is the square of 140
864 multiplied by 24 [the number of letters in eight hundred and sixty four] equals 20736 which is the square of 144
980 multiplied by 20 [the number of letters in nine hundred and eighty] equals 19600 which is the square of 140

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4, 9 and 18


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