| How many ___ | in a ___? | This many. |
|---|---|---|
| Feet | Yard | 3 |
| Teaspoons | Tablespoon | 3 |
| Tablespoons | Quarter-Cup | 3 |
| Miles | League | 3 |
| Leagues | Mile | 3 |
| Divisions | League (baseball) | 3 |
| Quarter-Cups | Cup | 3? |
| Fourths | Fifth | 4/5 [ whew! ] |
| Panels | Cartoon | 4 |
| Divisions | Multiplication | 1/1 |
| Degrees | Degree-Day | 1/(Number of Days) |
| Pages | Magazine | 96 |
| Whats | Whatnot | 0 |
| Deals | Deck of Contract Bridge cards | 53, 644,737,765, 488,792,839, 237,440,000. |
| Bananas | Bread | 2 1/3 cups |
| 3’s | 33 1/3 | 3 [ uh-oh ] |
| Rubik’s | Cube | 13 |
| Episodes | Character Arc | 8 |
| Gallons | Acre | 44,040 |
| Buttons | 101-button keyboard | 102 |
| Quarks | Proton | … 3 … |
| Pinches | Inch | 1 [ If at the start of a Special K cereal commercial of the 1970s ] |
| Pinches | Inch | 0 [ If at the end of a Special K cereal commercial of the 1970s ] |
| Songs | Encore | 3 |
| Grains | Heap | 1,211 |
Reference: Sweets: A History of Temptation, Tim Richardson.
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