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  2. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers - Wikipedia

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    Where numerator and denominator can each be expressed in one word, a fraction is usually spelled out (e.g. a two-thirds majority; moved one-quarter mile); use figures if a fraction appears with a unit symbol (e.g. 1 ⁄ 4 mi (markup: {{frac|1|4}}  mi), not a quarter of a mi or one-quarter mi).

  3. Quarter mile - Wikipedia

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    Quarter-mile or 1 ⁄ 4 mile may refer to: A dragstrip competition or vehicle test in motorsport, where cars or motorcycles compete for the shortest time from a standing start to the end of a straight 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.40 km) track; The 440-yard dash, a sprint footrace in track and field competition on a 440 yards (1,320 ft; 400 m; 0.25 mi) oval

  4. Ordinal numeral - Wikipedia

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    When speaking the numbers in fractions, the spatial/chronological numbering system is used for denominators larger than 2 (2 as the denominator of a fraction is "half" rather than "second"), with a denominator of 4 sometimes spoken as "quarter" rather than "fourth".

  5. Secretariat (horse) - Wikipedia

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    The successive quarter-mile times were :25 1 ⁄ 5, :24, :23 4 ⁄ 5, :23 2 ⁄ 5, and :23. [32] This means he was still accelerating as of the final quarter-mile of the race. [ 21 ] No other horse had won the Derby in less than 2 minutes before, and it would not be accomplished again until Monarchos ran the race in 1:59.97 in 2001.

  6. How Many Steps Are in a Mile—and Why That Even Matters - AOL

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    "When running, this number decreases because stride length tends to get longer, and a 10 minute mile typically translates to about 1,500 steps," says Dr. Brough. Why Knowing How Many Steps Are in ...

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  8. Section (United States land surveying) - Wikipedia

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    One of the reasons for creating sections of 640 acres (260 ha) was the ease of dividing into halves and quarters while still maintaining a whole number of acres. A section can be halved seven times in this way, down to a 5-acre (2 ha) parcel, or half of a quarter-quarter-quarter section—an easily surveyed 50-square-chain (2 ha) area. This ...

  9. Inside the mile-long factory line where America's F-35 ... - AOL

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    Inside the mile-long factory line where America's F-35 stealth fighter jets are made. ... The largest F-35 final assembly facility is in Fort Worth, but there's a smaller plant in Italy and ...