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Christopher Columbus discovered the new world after departing from Spain on August 3, 1492. His first landfall was seventy days after leaving Spain. The Pilgrims came to America in 1620. Their voyage took sixty-six days from England to Plimouth, Massachusetts. How many years passed between Christopher Columbus' voyage and the crossing of the Mayflower to America?
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Mr. Alden is tending his garden in Plimouth. Looking over the tall stalks of corn, he decides they will be ready to harvest in about a week. The garden has four rows of corn. Each row has fourteen stalks of corn. If each stalk has six ears of corn, how many ears of corn will he harvest?
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