Famous Buildings
The Eiffel tower in Paris was built in 1889 and is 1051 feet tall. In 1931 New York’s Empire State Building was completed which is 1472 feet tall.
How many years elapsed between the building of the Eiffel tower and the Empire State?
Word Problem
A bridge is built across a river. One quarter of the bridge is over the left bank of the river and one third of the bridge is over the right bank. The river is 120 m wide. How long is the bridge?
To find this you need to do 1931 - 1889 = 42. You now have your answer
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