Search Results: Returned 11 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 11
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2006., Walker & Co. Call No: 516.2 04 Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Wooden booksSummary Note: Examines the golden section defined "as a line segment divided into two unequal parts, such that the ratio of the shorter portion to the longer portion is the same as the longer portion to the whole." Explores how this concept appears in water, DNA, and the proportions of animals, and has been used through the ages in art, architecture, music, and science.
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2005., Juvenile, Scholastic Press Call No: 513.2 4 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Explores the concepts of ratio and proportion by growing or shrinking various objects by the same amounts"--Provided by publisher. If your dog were the size of a dinosaur, his dinner would fill your bedroom! If the moon were the size of a marble, earth would fit in your hands! If your submarine sandwich was as big as its name, the pickle would be as big as a life raft! Mighty math-man David Schwartz's amazing examples of relative size, and James Warhola's hilarious, literal depictions make these mind-bending math concepts crystal clear and tons of fun. Concise, easy-to-follow back matter provides equations that show just how readers can solve these fascinating, outrageous proportional problems!
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2005., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Call No: 513.2 4 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores the concepts of ratio and proportion by enlarging or shrinking various objects by the same amounts.
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2005., Scholastic Press Call No: 513.2 SCH Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores the concepts of ratio and proportion by growing or shrinking various objects by the same amounts.
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1999., Scholastic Press Call No: 513.2 SCH Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Introduces the concept of ratio by comparing what humans would be able to do if they had bodies like different animals.
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1999., Scholastic Press Call No: 513.24 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Introduces the concept of ratio by comparing what humans would be able to do if they had bodies like different animals.
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1999., Primary, Scholastic Press Call No: 513.2 4 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Introduces the concept of ratio by comparing what humans would be able to do if they had bodies like different animals.
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c2010., Pre-adolescent, Charlesbridge Call No: 516.22 ELLIS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Introduces the Pythagorean theorem and ratios through a story in which Pythagoras comes up with a solution to tune his cousins' instruments so they can perform in a music contest.
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c2012., Holiday House Call No: 516 .1 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Introduces the concept of symmetry, discussing how it appears in the world. Includes activities.
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c2012., Pre-adolescent, Holiday House Call No: 516 .1 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Introduces the concept of symmetry, discussing how it appears in the world. Includes activities.
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2007., Juvenile, PowerKids Press Call No: 513.2 4 SHEA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: PowerMathSummary Note: Introduces young readers to the history and development of the Transcontinental Railroad, integrating mathematical problems to explain how proportions are used in everyday life.