Quoted from: http://www.frugal-cafe.com/homeschooling/articles/math-memory-tricks1.html
Here is a way to remember how many feet are in a mile. Say to yourself the phrase, "five tomatoes." There are 5,280 feet in a mile, and those numbers (5 - 2 - 8 - 0) sound very similarly to "five tomatoes." See the table below for a visual explanation.
FIVE
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TO
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MAT
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OES
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5
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2
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8
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0
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