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Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
Professor Pedoe is widely known as a fine teacher and a fine geometer. His abilities in both areas are clearly evident in this self-contained, well-written, and lucid introduction to the scope and methods of elementary geometry. It covers the geometry usually included in undergraduate courses in mathematics, except for the theory of convex sets. Based on a course given by the author for several years at the University of Minnesota, the main purpose...
Publisher
LearningExpress
Language
English
Description
Whether you're new to geometry or just looking for a refresher, Geometry Success in 20 Minutes a Day offers a 20-step lesson plan that provides quick and thorough instruction in practical, critical skills. Stripped of unnecessary math jargon but bursting with geometry essentials, Geometry Success in 20 Minutes a Day:
• Covers all vital geometry skills, from the basic building blocks of geometry to ratio, proportion, and similarity to trigonometry...
3) Shapes
Author
Publisher
Child's World
Language
English
Description
Simple text and photographs introduce the concept of geometry using shapes.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
While riding through the forests of Angleland, cousins Per and Radius realize they are lost and are desperate for a map to guide them home. Soon they come across a mysterious house in the hills. Inside they find a map to a treasure belonging to Xaxon Yellowbearyd, the fiercest Viking warrior of his time. Per and Radius must decode the strange numbered grid on the map, while trying to steer clear of the pack of bungling bandits who are on their
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Language
English
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Description
Students studying geometry in school will certainly learn about lines and angles, circles and triangles, and theyll find everything they need to master those topics. But Geometry is so much more than shapes! Proofs are at the heart of any Geometry course, and theyre most often where students struggle. Geometry For Dummies, 3rd Edition, is overflowing with helpful and practical, plain-English information about proofs to help students succeed. --Publisher's...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Shape reveals the geometry underneath some of the most important scientific, political, and philosophical problems we face. Geometry asks: Where are things? Which things are near each other? How can you get from one thing to another thing? Those are important questions. Geometry doesn't just measure the world--it explains it. Shape shows us how"--
The power of geometry can help us think better about practically everything in our daily lives: the...
11) Geometry smarts!
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Re-inforce classroom learning of geometry skills such as points, lines, planes, triangles, circles, quadrilaterals, perimeter, area, and circumference"--
12) Pyramids
Author
Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Introduces pyramids to young readers, including what they look like, how they work, and examples of different pyramidal shapes in the world.
14) Geometry
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
This new title in the Homework Helpers series will reinforce mathematical foundations and bolster students' confidence in geometry. The concepts are explained in everyday language before the examples are worked. Good habits, such as checking your answers after every problem, are reinforced. There are practice problems throughout the book, and the answers to all of the practice problems are included. The problems are solved clearly and systematically,...
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The three most basic shapes - squares, triangles and circles - are all around us, from the natural world to the one we've engineered. Full of fascinating facts about these shapes and their 3D counterparts, Shapes in Math, Science and Nature introduces young readers to the basics of geometry and reveals its applications at home, school and everywhere in between. Puzzles and activities add to the fun factor.
20) Measurement
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Explains how math should be done. With plain English and pictures, he makes complex ideas about shape and motion intuitive and graspable, and offers a solution to math phobia by introducing us to math as an artful way of thinking and living." --
