Size of CDs

You would have to stack 1,920 compact disc on top of each other to equal an eight foot high ceiling.

If you can stand them up on their side, you would need to get 1,267,200 of them to equal one mile.

Measure by your feet

If your foot is exactly 12 inches long, every 100 steps is 100 feet in distance.

If you want to walk one mile each day, you have to walk 5,280 steps.

Basketball court length

A basketball court is 94 feet long.

You can fit three basketball courts in the length of a 300 foot long football field.

It would take 56 basketball courts to reach one mile.

Months of the year

This is how many times each letter shows up in the months of the year.

A---7
B---5
C---3
D---1
E---11
F---1
G---1
H---1
I---1
J---3
K---
L---2
M---5
N---3
O---3
P---2
Q---
R---9
S---2
T---3
U---6
V---1
W---
X---
Y---4
Z---

1) A total of 74 letters are in the months of the year.

2) A total of five letters never show up. They are: K,Q,W,X,Z

3) The letter E comes out the most at 11 times.

Hot dog size

At approximately six inches in length per hot dog, you would need 10,560 hot dogs to equal one mile.

You would need 16 of them to reach an eight foot ceiling in your home if you could stand them straight up.

In a football field which is 300 feet not including the end zones, you would need 600 hot dogs lined up end to end to cover the field.

Days of the week

This is how many times each letter shows up in the days of the week.

A---8
B---
C---
D---8
E---3
F---1
G---
H---1
I---1
J---
K---
L---
M---1
N---3
O---1
P---
Q---
R---3
S---5
T---3
U---4
V---
W---1
X---
Y---7
Z---

1) There are a total of exactly 50 letters in the days of week. (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)

2) A total of 11 letters never show up. They are: B,C,G,J,K,L,P,Q,V,X,Z

3) A and D come out the most times. They come out eight times.

Football field size

The length of a football field not including the end zones is 300 feet.

But a football player would have to run back and forth on the field slightly more than 17 1/2 times to equal 1 mile.

Each time he ran from end to end, he would cover 300 feet. At 5,280 feet to each mile, he has a long way to go.

Baseball field distances

From the pitchers rubber to home plate it is 60 feet 6 inches.

The distance has to be increased almost 44 times farther to equal 1/2 mile.

Home run!

If a player hits a home run to a center field wall which is 410 feet... .

The player hit the ball 4,920 inches.

He would have to hit the ball almost 6 1/2 times farther to equal 1/2 mile or almost 13 times farther to equal one mile.

Baseball distances

Running from home plate to first base is 90 feet or 1,080 inches.

Running from home plate around all the bases, ending at home plate again is 360 feet or 4,320 inches.

A runner has to run around the bases approximately 14 1/2 times to equal 1 mile.

He would have to run around the bases 1,722 times to equal the length of Long Island, New York which is 118 miles long.