H E L E N K E L L E R M I D D L E S C H O O
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360 Sport Hill
Road, Easton, CT 06612
Telephone: 203-268-8651
Fax: 203-268-6105
One
can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar...Helen
A. Keller
Study Time -- The Sterling Library Question
Helen Keller Middle School's New Haven Math Trail
Leave the sculpture garden
and walk back to the end of the path. Turn left and walk to the end of High Street. Cross Elm Street
and enter Cross Campus by taking the path between Trumbull College and Berkeley College. As you reach
the end of Berkeley you will see a large grassy area to your right and Sterling Memorial Library to
your left.
If you come to Yale, you can expect to spend some time in the Sterling Memorial Library. It is the
second largest college library in the country, behind only Harvard's library, and the third largest
library of any kind in the country, trailing only Harvard and the Library of Congress.
a. Sterling contains 11 million volumes. Write this number in scientific notation.
b. Find the library's posted hours near the front door. During what percent of the week is the
library open?