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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.
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