1. What is the percentage of the decrease?

In 1996, 730,000 visitors attended four annual flower shows. An equal number of people attended each show. In the winter show 70% did not view the plants from desert regions. 

2. How many  people viewed the desert plants?

The Capitol Power Plant was completed in 1912. It had a 25-cycle A C. generator. It was updated in 1923. 

3. If it created 1,000,000 watts of power a year how much power was made before it was updated?

Answers

1. What is the name of the statue on top of the dome?
2. Why does the statue on the dome face east?

1. Who made the statue?

1. How many statues are there in the National Statuary Hall Collection?
2. How many women are there in the National Statuary Hall Collection?
3. Write down three of their names.
4. Why in some spots in Statuary Hall can a person be talking normally and be heard across the room?
5. How much taller is the Washington Monument than the Capitol?
6. When did Congress first meet in the Capitol?

1. The conservatory has just been renovated.
2. The current dome of the U. S. Capitol is wooden.
3. The Old Senate Chamber is south of the Rotunda.
4. George Washington is not buried in the crypt below the capitol, which was made especially for him.
5. The Hall of Columns is over 100 ft. long.

     The Capitol of the United States of America has contained the meeting places of Congress for nearly two hundred years. Since 1793 when it was built it has been burnt, rebuilt, extended, and restored. It is now known among the architecturally impressive and symbolically important buildings in the world. The Capitol also serves as a monument to the people and government of the United States of America as it is visited by an estimated 3.5 million people from around this world.

     Today the ground area of the Capitol is 175,170 square feet or about four acres. The floor area is around 16.5 acres. The Capitol is separated into five levels, four floors and a basement. 

     On the ground floor the majority of the space is taken up with spaces set aside to various congressional officers. On this floor visitors can see the Hall of Columns, the Brumidi Corridors, the Old Supreme Court Chamber, and the Crypt.

     The second floor contains the Congress Chambers along with offices of congressional leaders. This level also contains the Rotunda, which has a gallery, National Statuary Hall, and the Old Senate Chamber.

     The third floor allows visitors access to areas from which one may see the proceedings of the House and Senate when it is in session.

     The fourth and basement floors are occupied with offices and machinery.
 

Answer to Word Math Problems

1. 4.3 percent

2. 54,750 people

3. 11,000,000 watts

Return to questions

Answers to Scavenger Hunt

1. What is the name of the statue on top of the dome? Its name is the Statue of Freedom.

2. Why does the statue on the dome face east?  It faces the east because the east side is the main entrance.

1. Who made the statue?  Thomas Crawford made the statue.

1. How many statues are there in the National Statuary Hall Collection? There are ninety-seven statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection.
2. How many women are there in the National Statuary Hall Collection? There are six women in the collection.
3. Write down three of their names. Mother Joseph, Esther Hobart Morris, Jeanette Rankin, Dr. Florencesabin, Maria Sanford, and Frances E. William are the women in the collection.
4. Why in some spots in Statuary Hall can a person be talking normally and be heard across the room? The half-dome shape causes the acoustic effect.
5. How much taller is the Washington Monument than the Capitol?  The Washington Monument is 267 feet taller than the Capitol.
6. When did Congress first meet in the Capitol?  It first met on November 17, 1800.

1. The conservatory has just been renovated. Fact.
2. The current dome of the U. S. Capitol is wooden. Fiction. The original dome was wooden. When they redid the dome they made it a cast-iron dome to make it fire proof and lessen need of repair.
3. The Old Senate Chamber is south of the Rotunda. Fiction.  The Old Senate Chamber is northeast of the Rotunda.
4. George Washington is not buried in the crypt below the capitol, which was made especially for him. Fact.
5. The Hall of Columns is over 100 ft. long. Fact.

Return to questions

Office of the Curator, . "Architect of the Capitol ." Architect of the Capitol . 
2002, Mar 13. Office of the Curator. 27 March, 2002.
http://www.aoc.gov/.

Simpson, Jeanne. "Washington DC Unit." The Capitol (1992): 4-5.

Tolchin, Martin. "The Hill." The Hill. 1994. Tammaye Grissom. 
29 March, 2002. http://www.HillNews.com/.