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Groovy Geometry Lynette Long

Groovy Geometry By Lynette Long

Groovy Geometry by Lynette Long


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Summary

A fun activity book that covers essential geometry skills for kids ages 8-12.

Groovy Geometry Summary

Groovy Geometry: Games and Activities That Make Math Easy and Fun by Lynette Long

Don't Just Learn Geometry...Master It! Brimming with fun and educational games and activities, the Magical Math series provides everything you need to know to become a master of mathematics! In each of these books, Lynette Long uses her unique style to help you truly understand mathematical concepts as you use common objects such as playing cards, dice, coins, and every mathematician's basic tools: paper and pencil. Inside Groovy Geometry, you'll find all the geometry basics, plus information on how to figure out the height of any object from its shadow, find distances as the crow flies, estimate the area of any space, and much more. While you play the Name Game and Rectangle Race, you'll learn how to draw, measure, and identify different kinds of angles, triangles, and quadrilaterals. And with fun activities like Bull's Eye and Pizza Party, you'll practice plotting coordinate points on a graph and measuring the area and diameter of a circle. Most important, you'll have a great time doing it! So why wait? Jump right in and find out how easy it is to become a mathematics master!

About Lynette Long

Lynette Long, Ph.D., is the author of several children's math books, including Fabulous Fractions, Measurement Mania, Dazzling Division, Marvelous Multiplication, and Delightful Decimals and Perfect Percents, all from Wiley. She has taught math and was a professor of education, specializing in mathematics education.

Table of Contents

PART I: THE MAGIC OF GEOMETRY. PART II: ANGLES. Measure Up. Draw It! Name Game. Angle Pairs. Color by Angles. Perpendicular Numbers. Right Angle Scavenger Hunt. PART III: TRIANGLES. Triangle Collage. Triangle Memory. Triangle Angles. Outside the Triangle. Triangle Area. Two the Same. How Tall? Perfect Squares. Pythagorean Proof. PART IV: QUADRILATERALS. Crazy About Quadrilaterals. Quadrilateral Angles. String Shapes. Double It! Rectangle Race. Parallelogram Presto Change-O. Pattern Blocks. Shape Storybook. PART V: CIRCLES. Around and Around. Finding Pi. Bicycle Odometer. Circle Area. Pizza Party. Central Angles. PART VI: SOLIDS. Solid Shapes. Cereal Surfaces. Cylinder Surfaces. Cube Construction. Volume of a Cylinder. Building Blocks. PART VII: ODDS AND ENDS. Shape Comparison. Bull's Eye. Mystery Picture. Number Symmetry. Geometry Master Certificate. Index.

Additional information

GOR009339341
9780471210597
0471210595
Groovy Geometry: Games and Activities That Make Math Easy and Fun by Lynette Long
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
20030130
128
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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