After the Fire! - Heather Gowton | Library

After the Fire! 
Read the article After the Fire.  Be on the lookout for clues to help you answer each question.  

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Part A:  Use this information to convert measurements of the western facade of Notre-Dame. Round your answers to the nearest tenth.

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The facade is 4,100 centimeters wide. What’s that in pieds du Roi? (1 pied du Roi = 32.48 cm).

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This Rose Window was first designed in the 13th century. It was 35 pieds du Roi wide. What’s that in meters? (10 meters = 30.90 pieds du Roi).

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The central entrance doors are 4,500 millimeters tall. What’s that in pieds du Roi? (0.5 pieds du Roi = 162.4 millimeters).

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Life-sized statues decorate Notre-Dame’s exterior. One is 60 inches tall. What’s that in pieds du Roi? (0.5 pieds du Roi = 6.4 in.).

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The earliest blueprints for the facade list each tower’s height at 242 pieds du Roi. Their modern measurement is 226 feet. How many pieds du Roi are in 1 foot?

Metric Lengths

Part B: The metric system is the international decimal system of weights and measures, such as the meter for
length. However, in the U.S. we use customary units, including the inch, foot, yard, and mile. You can use
a conversion table to convert between the two measurement systems.

      Example: Use the conversion table below to convert 5 inches to centimeters.

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A cathedral in Covington, Kentucky, built in 1910 is nicknamed the miniature Notre-Dame because it looks so much like the French cathedral. The distance between Covington and Paris is 4,177 miles. How many kilometers is that?

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Which of the following measurements is not equal to 10 mm?

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Notre-Dame de Paris was built on an island in the River Seine known as Île-de-lo-cité, or “Island of the City.” At the island’s widest point, it measures around 280 meters. How many feet is that?