Number of the Week

The number (60,000) of root words the average high school graduate knows.

The number of people (191) out of 1,000 who associated the word "table" with the word "chair".

The magnitude of an earthquake that struck northern Virginia on August 23, 2011.

The number of times more likely (10) that shoppers would buy a jar of jam when they saw a 6-jam display vs. a 24-jam display.

The number of years (929) it takes to "correct" the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn due to gravitational forces.