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Find the age difference between
Centuries and years
these two historical places.
1 Sultan Abdul Samad Building Fort Cornwallis, Pulau Pinang
Age of
Historical
Places in 2021
1 2 centuries 35 years
about 1 centuries
4
1
a 2 centuries 35 years − 1 centuries = century years
4
1 1 25 century year
4 century = ( × 100) years
4
1 2 3 5
= 25 years − 1 2 5
1 1 0
1
Therefore, 1 centuries = 1 century 25 years.
4
1
2 centuries 35 years − 1 centuries = 1 century 10 years
4
The age difference between these two historical places
is 1 century 10 years.
b How much older is the Kuala Lumpur
Railway Station, in years, compared
to the Sultan Abdul Samad Building?
1
1.3 centuries − 1 centuries = years
4 In 2021, the Kuala
Lumpur Railway
1.3 centuries = (1.3 × 100) years Station is about
= 130 years
1.3 centuries old.
2 10
1 5 25 13 0 years
1 centuries = ( × 100) years
4 4 − 12 5 years
1 5 years
= 125 years
1
1.3 centuries − 1 centuries = 5 years
4
The Kuala Lumpur Railway Station is 5 years older than
the Sultan Abdul Samad Building.
164 4.3.1 (vi) • Discuss our national heritage and other historical places in
4.3.2 (vi) Malaysia. Pupils may conduct research on the age of historical
places in Malaysia in centuries and years as group projects.

