Short Pump Town Center's Measurements 2


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Try these 5 Problems.

 1. Paint Close 

2,500 gallons of paint cover Short Pump Town Center, which is enough to paint the outside of the White House more than four times.

About how much paint is needed to paint the White House?


 2. Dirt Close 

Construction crews moved 760,000 cubic yards of dirt during construction of SPTC − enough to fill 33 Olympic−sized swimming pools.

How many cubic yards of water does it take to fill one Olympic−sized swimming pool?


 3. Concrete Close 

12,000 cubic yards of concrete were poured in and around Short Pump Town Center.
Determine the volume of your classroom in cubic yards.

How many classrooms would be needed to hold this amount of concrete?


 4. Nails Close 

More than 10,000,000 nails were used to build Short Pump Town Center.

Write this number using scientific notation.


 5. Stores Close 

There are more than 120 retailers and restaurants already committed to leases, which is 80 percent of the Short Pump Town Center store space.

What is the number of store spaces not leased?