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Short Pump Town Center's Measurements 1


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Try these 5 Problems.

 1. Bricks Close 

Shoppers will find more than 1,000,000 bricks in and around Short Pump Town Center (SPTC). That is more that 28 times the number of bricks used to build the Washington Monument!

How many bricks were used to build the Washington Monument?


 2. Cable and Wire Close 

1,000,000 feet of cable and wire were used to construct Short Pump Town Center. That is enough cable and wire to stretch from Richmond to Roanoke.

How many miles of cable and wire were used to construct SPTC?


 3. Pipes Close 

There are 300,000 feet of pipe running through Short Pump Town Center, which if placed end-to-end, would stretch the length of how many football fields?


 4. Revenue Close 

Short Pump Town Center will generate $183.5 million in new tax revenue to Henrico County during the next 25 years.

What average yearly revenue does this represent?
Will the shopping center produce the same amount of revenue each year?


 5. Lights and Doors Close 

There are 6,000 light bulbs inside SPTC. Short Pump Town Center has 210 doors.
Write a mathematics problem using these facts.