One Word From Many Numbers

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Find the value of each of the 20 letters below. Next, in the boxes at the bottom of the page, write these letters in order from lowest to highest value. Finally, find the longest word that can be read (from left to right, in consecutive boxes) within the row of 20 letters.

A = __________ = Volume, in cubic feet, of a cube whose edge is four feet long.
B = __________ = The only number that does not change no matter what you multiply it by.
C = __________ = The only even prime number.
D = __________ = Area, in square meters, of a rectangle 5 meters   long by 7 meters wide.
E = __________ = When you multiply 12,345,679 x 9, how many digits in the answer are 1's?
F = __________ = Remainder of 25,497 divided by 1,413.
G = __________ = 60% of 240.
H = __________ = Number of inches in 20.32 centimeters.
I = __________ = 17/8 divided by 4/13.
J = __________ = 25.24 + 78.31 - 67.97, rounded off to the nearest  tens’ place.
K = __________ = pi , to the nearest hundredths' place.
L = __________ = Fraction of the time that a "4" will come up when you roll a die.
M = __________ = 1.91 x 3.572.
N = __________ = Degrees in a right angle.
O = __________ = The fractional part of 7l3 divided by 10 when it is  written as a mixed number.
P = __________ = Sum of the numbers 1 to 17 inclusive.
Q = __________ = A googol.
R = __________ = Number of sides on a dodecagon.
S = __________ = (7 - 4) x (14/7)
T = __________ = Average of 6,003; -4,123; 209; -1,492; and -559.

Now, write the letters in order from lowest to highest.

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Adapted from Kids’ Big Book of Games, Workman, 1990

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