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Washington, D.C.
Math Adventure
Welcome to America’s capital city
city,
Washington, D.C.! You are going to
embark on an invigorating adventure
today by analyzing some
mathematical aspects of the city.
While completing this sheet, imagine
you are exploring the city with your
classmates.
1. Ten of your classmates and three chap
chaperones head to a pizza place for dinner.
Two of the chaperones order a Caesar salad for $7.00 each. Then the remaining
chaperone shares a pepperoni pie with four of your classmates for $20.00. A
classmate also orders a slice of sausage and pepper pizza for $4.00 as well as a
slice of buffalo chicken pizza for $4.00. The remaining people in your group
share a Sicilian cast iron pizza for $20.00.
• How much did your group spend as a whole? ________________
• If one chaperone purchases the dinner for the entire ggroup
roup and gives the
waiter a 20% tip, how much does she give the waiter? _________
• How much would she then spend altogether, along with the tip?
___________
2. The class headed to the Newseum. Adults cost $22.95 while students cost $13.95.
Let’s say there were one teacher, eight chaperones, and nineteen students. How
much was spent in all (before tax)
tax)??
($22.95
.95 x 9) + ($13.95 x 19)= ____
___________
3. The class arrived at the Newseum at 10:17 a.m. and stayed until 12:09 p.m. How
many hours and minutes did the class explore the museum? ______________
4. The class headed on a night tour that started at 7:45 p.m. and ended at 10:17
p.m. What was the duration of the night tour in hours and minutes?
minutes
______________
5. The Washington Monument stands 555 feet
feet, 5 1/8 inches tall.
12 inches are in one foot
foot. How much inches tall is the Washington Monument?
______________
3 feet are in one yard.
yard. How many yards tall is the Washington Monument? (In
this case, divide 555 by 3.) _______________
6. The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri is 210 yards tall.
tall What is the difference
in height (in yards) between the Washington Monument and Gateway Arch?
_________________
7. The Lincoln Memorial
weighs 38,000 tons.
tons 2,000 pounds
are in 1 ton,
ton so how many pounds is
the Lincoln Memorial?
________________
8. The Washington Monument
weighs 90,854 tons.
tons 2,000 pounds
are in 1 ton,
ton, so approximately how
many tons is the Washington
Monument? __________________
9. The class headed on the double decker bus tour on another day. An access ticket
for 24 hours to all the loops (which brings you all over the city) costs $41.40 for
adults and $23.40 for children.
9 adults and 19 children cost (before tax)
tax)—($41.40
($41.40 x 9) + ($23.40 x 19)=
_________________
10. On the zoo map at the National Zoo,
Zoo there are 6 rest stops every 600 feet. How
long, in feet, is it from the first rest stop to the last rest stop? ________________
11. 720 people were getting on the public transit at 4:30 in the afternoon. 2/3 of
those people were tourists. How many people were tourists? _________________
12. The length of the Reflecting Pool in front of the Washington Monument is 2,300
feet long. How many inches long is the Reflecting Pool? _________________
13. The length of the Reflecting Pool is 2,300 feet, and the width is 150 feet. What is
the area of the reflecting pool in feet? (L X W) _________________
14. The Smithsonian museums display more than 1.75 million photographs.
photographs Write
this number in standard form. ______________________________________
15. The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History is the size of 18 football fields. The
dimensions of one American football field are approximately 120 yards x 53.3
yards. How many yards are eighteen football fields combined? _____________
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