Not quite scraping the sky.
When you’re building any kind of house or building, you have to watch the numbers closely. If you don’t, you could get a big bad surprise. Back in 1919, a guy named
Wee ones: Most skyscrapers look like a rectangle from the side. How many sides does a rectangle have?
Little kids: Which is taller, a 40m tall building or a 400m tall building? Bonus: If they started building this little building in February 1919 and took 3 months, in what month did they finish?
Big kids: If the building should have cost $2,000, but people gave McMahon 12 times as much money to build it, how much money did they give him? Bonus: If a scryscraper is 1.2km tall and your house is one quarter that height - how tall is your house in km?
Answers:
Wee ones: 4 sides.
Little kids: The 400-foot building is taller. Bonus: May of 1919.
Big kids: $24,000. Bonus: .3km