Word Problems

The following word problems were contributed by Andrew ('02).

1. If the length of each of the 5 outer walls are 921 feet then what is the whole perimeter in inches?
2. If the building is 29 acres and the center court is 5 acres, how many percent bigger is the building than the center court?
3. If the Pentagon has 1 acre of sewage structure, how many feet does the building have of sewage tubing? (HINT: 2.5 miles are in 1 acre and there is 5,280 feet in a mile)

The following word problems were contributed by Nick ('03).

4. The United States army was established in 1775 they have been in service for 227 years. They approved there official emblem in 1974 what percent of the army’s existence did they have the emblem. Rounded off to the nearest hundred. 
5. If the total land that the pentagon is on is 586 acres and there is 67 acres of parking, how much acreage is left divided by 2.
6. If the government owns 296 acres out of 583 acres and the building area is 29 acres and the court area is 5 acres. What  percent of government owned acres is not occupied by the pentagon?

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Scavenger Hunt

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Fact or Fiction

Go to this website to find the answers:  http://www.army.mil/ArmySeals.htm

1. To become a marine, one must first strip yourself of any notions of self.
2. Since 2003 the army has been in service for 223 years.
3. The total cost of the building is $49,600,000.00.
   

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      The Pentagon is virtually a city in itself. Approximately 23,000 employees, both military and civilian, contribute to the planning and execution of the defense of our country. These people arrive daily from Washington, D.C. and its suburbs over approximately 30 miles of access highways, including express bus lanes and one of the newest subway systems in our country.
     Over 200,000 telephone calls are made daily through phones connected by 100,000 miles of telephone cable. The Defense Post Office handles about 1,200,000 pieces of mail monthly. Various libraries support our personnel in research and completion of their work.
     The Pentagon was built during the early years of World War II, it is still thought of as one of the most efficient office buildings in the world. 
     The original site was nothing more then a wasteland, swamp and dump site. Five and one half million cubic yards of earth, and 41,492 concrete pilings contributed to the foundation of the building. Additionally, 680,000 tons of sand and gravel, dredged from the nearby Potomac River, were processed into 435,000 cubic yards of concrete and molded into the pentagon form. The building was constructed in the remarkably short time of 16 months and completed on January 15, 1943 at an approximate cost of $83 million.

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1. 55,260 inches
2. 580%
3. 13,200 feet
4. 10% 
5. 258 acres
6. 45%

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1. 225
2. It was for every battle that the army has been in.
3. “Being an army of one”
4. MDCCLXXVIII
   

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Answers to Fact and Fiction

1. Fact
2. Fiction 228
3. Fact

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 http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pentagon/

October 11,2002

LTC Mark H Wiggins, Army Web Director. "The United States Army." United States Armed Services. N/A. Unites States Army. 16/January/2003 <http://www.army.mil/ArmySeals.htm>.