Sentences with phrase «nice round numbers»

(The rest of the statistics are in imperial units since they are U.S. - based and so is this site; but the original metric system was created with base units that could be derived from the weight of a specified volume of pure water... hence the nice round numbers.)

We'll round this down to about $ 300 since I like nice round numbers.

«It's a nice round number, but it's really about the quality of those miles,» said Google's head of self - driving tech Dmitri Dolgov.

DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach criticized the lack of analytical rigor in the recent «nice round number» $ 1,000,000 price targets for the bitcoin, which is reminiscent of previous speculative blow - offs.

It should be noted when Julian Robertson got upset with a Business Week article by Gary Weiss that had too much truth in it, he sued publisher McGraw Hill for $ 1 billion because it was «a nice round number.»

Coincidence gave us a nice round number of pages, but it was indeed our plan to compass Bowdoin College.

The recipe below calls for 1 pound of brussels since that's a nice round number but in all reality, it's just a guide and you can scale it up and down as much as you'd like.

They can build that this season, get Sanchez sorted in January for a nice round number and job done.

Most people settle on a nice round number or thereabouts.

This wouldn't be a record, just a nice round number that has a lot to do with our fascination with 10s and 100s.

Biello: In large part, but 10,000 is also just an estimate; it could be slightly more, slightly less; 10,000 is a nice round number that many experts that I interviewed kind of agreed upon.

But hey, it's a nice round number for Opel's marketing team!

(Even the engine output is so Acura: 280 is a nice round number; over 300 would be just showing off, don't you think?

While 10 is a nice round number, 13 is less so!

If the mortgage payment was $ 1235 I would add either an additional $ 65 or $ 165 to make it a nice round number.

So for us mere mortals, we must rely on the old metrics of «3 - 6 months expenses» or simply picking a nice round number out of thin air, like I did.

Instead of a nice round number to aim for, Andy explains a better way to think about it: the income gap.

DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach criticized the lack of analytical rigor in the recent «nice round number» $ 1,000,000 price targets for the bitcoin, which is reminiscent of previous speculative blow - offs.

That said, if you would like a nice round number, at 41 lbs, fed twice daily (three smaller daily meals would make weight management easier), I would halve the 25 - 30 calorie per pound number.

I've limited the selection to six, as it seems like a nice round number.

It's actually a nice round number in GBP (# 2500) so I can understand why $ 3,259 may seem odd!

If we pick a nice round number like 2100, the most likely future as predicted by our most qualified scientists will be laid out for all to see - and, who knows, maybe even act upon.

Indeed, the pledge of $ 100 billion by 2020 (from developed to developing countries) may be a nice round number for politicians to reference but it is, in fact, an arbitrary figure that is grounded in political, not scientific, analysis.

This month, Caron and company launched five more law professor blogs, bringing the total (by my count) to the nice round number of 50.

While 4 percent is touted industry - wide as a nice round number, there's no way to predict all the potential outcomes in your life, your finances or the market.

Well, it's a nice round number, and it is a historic event for the company.

I think 250 is a nice round number although 240 has a certain appeal.

I'm thinking that 225 columns — this is number 214 — would be a nice round number on which to end, bringing us to September 2013.

Not exact matches

Yet it stands to reason that freely passing around a nice, round, and imprecise number could have some real and unfortunate consequences.

Three percent is a psychological number, a benchmark, a nice round figure, but other than for a sporadic confluence of chart patterns is merely that.

Ha, round numbers are nicer aren't they?!

I'm looking for a nice, round number by having everyone pick out 10, but if were impossible to whittle their list down and someone wanted to give their top 12 or top 15 or top 22, I would allow that.

There are also plenty of reasons not to draft Allen in the first two rounds or so, including his completely mediocre stats and his alarming number of not - so - nice throws.

The clock idea originally sprang from Hillis's observation that in the 1980s, all long - range planning seemed to smack into a wall called the year 2000 — the nice, round number seemed to be the omega point for everyone from software programmers to international policymakers: «Nobody could even think about the year 2030.

Rounded up to a nice even number of 100 grams, that means I could have a couple scoops of an organic whey or vegan protein powder with my morning breakfast (which I do), a can of sardines over my salad at lunch, and 4 - 6oz of chicken with dinner.

Automobile Mag: Catching Up With John Hennessey It's a nice, round number, 300, John Hennessey's goal for the top speed in...

A nice, round number, say, 40 or so, would probably suit the automaker just fine.

You can also opt to round payments up to a nice, satisfying number.

Those are nice round, arbitrary numbers to get you started.

As simple as it is, I really like the first point — just saving up a nice big round number and getting over that «hump».

Consistent with my previous examples, I used a 30 - year investing period and a starting portfolio of $ 1,000,000 to keep the numbers nice and round.

Another way to round out the budget and find some extra money for mortgage payments would be to round up the monthly or biweekly amounts that are paid to a nice, even, round number.

It provides easy side - by - side comparison with a nice, round number.

The game I'm working on now has nice round corners that we surround with fuzzy grass or hard crystals or any number of pleasently tactile textures.

Each operative is a unique class you can pick from to play as each round and only one of each operator is allowed at a time so it's nice to have a number to choose from.

UPDATE: Howard Bashman has a nice round - up here of media coverage of the Baze cert grant, including links to a number of local articles examining the possible local impact of the case.

Consumers can choose a nice, round number like $ 250,000, or a very specific amount like $ 813,767.

A nice $ 28 mln gain (rounded number) to make up for the $ 5 mln loss that he suffered due to the decline in the price of Bitcoin.

Ten is a nice, round, manageable number so it's not a surprise that a lot of bloggers and columnists write how - to articles based on the power of 10 — 10 ways, 10 solutions, 10 tips.

I don't see us living on the east coast again because it is just too good out hear year round but I like the numbers and it is a nice place to visit.