1. | (a) | How long is Constitution? 204 feet |
| (b) | How wide at the beam? 43 1/2 feet |
2. | (a) | Which is wider, your classroom or Constitution? answers vary |
| (b) | How much wider? answers vary |
3. | (a) | About how many times the length of your classroom is Constitution? answers vary |
| (b) | The length of your classroom is what fraction of the length of Constitution? answers vary |
4. | (a) | How thick is Constitution's hull at the waterline? 25 inches |
| (b) | How thick is your desk? answers vary |
| (c) | How much thinner in inches is your desk than Constitution's hull? answers vary |
| (d) | extra credit: express the thickness of your desk as a percent of the thickness of Constitution's hull. answers vary As a fraction. answers vary As a decimal. answers vary |