Monkey Fist Passes

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This assumes you are using 550 cord, and all measurements are in inches. I know, they're incredibly inefficient and silly units of measurement, but that's what the source document was in. The designs with whole-number pass calculations are bolded (they're every 3/8").

Core diameter Decimal Passes Circumference Cord Used
1/8 0.125 0.67 0.393 0.785
1/4 0.25 1.33 0.785 3.142
3/8 0.375 2.00 1.178 7.069
1/2 0.5 2.67 1.571 12.566
5/8 0.625 3.33 1.963 19.635
3/4 0.75 4.00 2.356 28.274
7/8 0.875 4.67 2.749 38.485
1 1 5.33 3.142 50.265
1 1/8 1.125 6.00 3.534 63.617
1 1/4 1.25 6.67 3.927 78.540
1 3/8 1.375 7.33 4.320 95.033
1 1/2 1.5 8.00 4.712 113.097
Ping pong ball 1.55 8.27 4.869 120.753
1 5/8 1.625 8.67 5.105 132.732
Golf ball 1.68 8.96 5.278 141.869
1 3/4 1.75 9.33 5.498 153.938
1 7/8 1.875 10.00 5.890 176.715
2 2 10.67 6.283 201.062
2 1/8 2.125 11.33 6.676 226.980
2 1/4 2.25 12.00 7.069 254.469
2 3/8 2.375 12.67 7.461 283.529
2 1/2 2.5 13.33 7.854 314.159
2 5/8 2.625 14.00 8.247 346.361
Tennis ball 2.63 14.03 8.262 347.681
2 3/4 2.75 14.67 8.639 380.133
2 7/8 2.875 15.33 9.032 415.476
3 3 16.00 9.425 452.389

Thanks to William Welch for the formula, and Cooter Malone for doing the math.