& Tower – Top of Please note that a calculator is required for certain questions. Building the Montparnasse Tower

Question 1 Question 2 – A Question 2 - B The building was What is the total The foundations of the completed 4 years after height of the Tower are 1/3 of its construction started – Montparnasse Tower? height. What is the when was the building depth of the started and completed? foundations?

The Montparnasse Tower and other

Question 1 Question 2 Up until 2010 the Montparnasse Tower Iconic tall buildings of the world: was the tallest building in but in • The Berlin TV Tower, Berlin, 2010 the (La Defense, Paris) Germany was completed in 1969 became the tallest building in France at • The , Paris, France 239 metres. The tallest building in Europe was completed in 1889 completed in 2012 is the Mercury City • The Montparnasse Tower, Paris, Tower in Moscow at 338.8 metres and the France was completed in 1973 tallest building in the world is the Burj • The John Hancock Center, Khalifa in Dubai, which was completed in Chicago, USA was completed in 2010 and is 828 metres high. 1969. • One World Trade Center, New What is the difference in height between York, USA was completed in 2013 the tallest building in France and the tallest building in the world? Please rank these buildings from newest to oldest:

Maths Worksheet for students – 1 Montparnasse Tower – Top of Paris

Getting to the Montparnasse Tower

These are some of the stations that line number 4 (Porte de Clignancourt to Mairie de Montrouge) runs through and the times the 12.45pm train stops at them: • Porte de Clignancourt 12.45pm • 12.51pm • Les Halles 12.59am • Cité 1.03pm • Montparnasse- Bienvenüe 1.10pm • Denfert-Rochereau 1.14pm • Mairie de Montrouge 1.19pm Please assume that trains run every 5 minutes starting at 5.45am from Porte de Clignancourt.

The Montparnasse 56 Observation Visit opens every morning of the year at 9.30am. The closest metro station to the Montparnasse Tower is Montparnasse- Bienvenüe and the walk from Montparnasse- Bienvenüe to the Montparnasse 56 Observation Visit’s ticket desk takes 5 minutes

Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 At what time would you If you left the Please convert the need to catch the train Montparnasse Tower at answers to questions 2 at Porte de Clignancourt 2.45pm, at what time and 3 of this section into a to arrive for the opening would you get to Mairie 24 hour clock time of the Montparnasse 56 de Montrouge? reading, as well as the Observation Visit? times of the 12.45pm train’s arrival at Gare du Nord and Montparnasse- Bienvenüe:

Maths Worksheet for students – 2 Montparnasse Tower – Top of Paris Visitors to the Montparnasse 56 Observation Visit in 2013:

Nearest 10 Nearest 100 Nearest 1000 January 35,093 35,090 35,100 35,000 February 48,900 March 83,383 April 98,108 May 131,088 June 112,619 July 161,083 August 171,497 September 93,267 October 101,533 November 57,305 December 74,764 TOTAL 1,168,640 Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Put these figures above in In which month did How many more ascending order: most visitors visit the visitors were there in Montparnasse 56 the busiest month Observation Visit and compared to the in which month did quietest month? the least visitors visit?

Most: Least:

Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 How many less 20% of visitors are French Using the chart above, visitors were and 80% are international please round up or there in March visitors. In February, how down each of the than in July: many French visitors were monthly visitor there and how many numbers to the closest international visitors? 10, 100 and 1000.

Maths Worksheet for students – 3 Montparnasse Tower – Top of Paris Please note that the numbers used in this worksheet are solely for illustration purposes. They’re not always accurate and can not be used for any other purpose than this exercise.

The Montparnasse 56 Observation Visit: Question 1 Question 2 - A Question 2 - B The fastest elevator in If the 56th floor of the 1200 m2 are open to the Europe takes visitors Montparnasse Tower public. from the ground floor of were a perfect What percentage of the the Montparnasse Tower rectangle (which it total surface area is open (height = 0m) to the 56th isn’t), two sides would to the public? floor of the measure 36 metres and Montparnasse Tower the two other sides 45 (height = 196m) in 38 metres. seconds. What is the total At what speed (in metres surface area of the 56th per second, rounded to floor? the closest whole number of m/s) does the elevator travel?:

Question 2 - C Question 3 The rest of the space is occupied by There are 70 steps from the 56th floor offices and a gastronomic restaurant. up to the open air terrace at the very What surface is occupied by the offices top of the tower. The terrace is at a and gastronomic restaurant? height of 210m. What is the height of each step in metres, centimetres and millimetres?

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