The percentage of Nitrogen, phosphorus and potash in the mixture.
The ratio of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium is what the numbers '15-15-15' indicate on fertilizer bags. That's why such fertilizers often are called 'NPK' fertilizers. That's also why the numbers are called 'NPK' numbers. The letters are the representations of the elements listed above.
pH numbers below 7 indicate an acid, with lower numbers indicating stronger acids. pH numbers above 7 indicate a base, with higher numbers indicating stronger bases.
The numbers of contour lines indicate altitude or elevation along that line.
The numbers on court documents indicate the case number. The first numbers indicate the year the case was filed.
It is used to indicate the end of a block of numbers or can be used to indicate that the number below the line is the sum of the numbers above it.
Numbers were invented to indicate quantity: how many of anything we had
The numbers indicate the relative hardness of the pencil lead.
This is because the three numbers are for the three essential nutrients for plants, such as phosphorus, potassium and nitrogen. Hope this helps!
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Of bromide, chloride, hydroxide, and phosphate, the ion commonly present in fertilizers is phosphate. typical fertilizers are given 3 numbers to identify the components (such as 10-10-10). The middle number is phosphate.
Ordinal numbers,like "first" or "thirty-third"
Numbers that indicate a position in a group are called ordinal numbers. They express a rank or order, such as first, second, or third. Ordinal numbers are used to denote the relative position of items in a sequence rather than their quantity.