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Ships Today’s cruise ships
are floating resorts with many activities
for their passengers.The passengers can
socialize on deck, cool off in a swimming
pool, go dancing, or play tennis. Some ships
even have ice-skating rinks and rock-climbing
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Trivia
One of the most famous cruise ships, the
Queen Mary, was 1,019.5
feet long and had four 35-ton
propellers. The ship traveled only 13 feet for every gallon
of fuel it burned. |
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The Canberra
once had a crew |
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crew members worked in the kitchen,
how many crew members were
NOT kitchen staff? |
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During a world cruise,
more than |
250,000 cakes and
pastries were
baked, together with 35,000 loaves
of bread
and 500,000 rolls. How
many more rolls were
baked than
cakes and pastries? |
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The
Canberra was
built to carry |
2,238
passengers. Forty years later, one of the
largest cruise ships carries 876 more passengers.
How many passengers ride this giant
ship? |
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Two
propellers |
pushed the Canberra
through
the water at an average speed
of 27.50 knots. Its highest
speed
was 1.77 knots faster. What was
the top speed of the ship? |
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