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Triangles / Gerry Bailey & Felicia Law ; illustrated by Mike Phillips.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Bailey, Gerry, Stone age geometry ; Publisher: St. Catharines, ON ; New York, NY : Crabtree Publishing Company, 2014Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0778705129
  • 0778705188
  • 9780778705123
  • 9780778705185
Subject(s):
Contents:
Three sides -- The triangle family -- Angles -- Equilateral triangles -- Isosceles triangles -- Building with triangles -- Scalene triangles -- Right-angle triangles -- Musical triangles -- Ramps -- A pyramids -- Pentagons -- Hexagons -- Prisms.
Summary: "Leo teaches his cat Pallas all about triangles by applying his knowledge of geometry to their Stone Age world. Entertaining illustrations and stories provide a fun introduction to math concepts, explaining that different shapes created by the meeting of three lines are given different names. Information boxes accompany each story to explore real applications of triangles in the natural and designed world."-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 516.154 B154 Available 33111007977180
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Leo teaches his cat Pallas all about triangles by applying his knowledge of geometry to their Stone Age world. Entertaining illustrations and stories provide a fun introduction to math concepts, explaining that different shapes created by the meeting of three lines are given different names. Information boxes accompany each story to explore real applications of triangles in the natural and designed world.

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Three sides -- The triangle family -- Angles -- Equilateral triangles -- Isosceles triangles -- Building with triangles -- Scalene triangles -- Right-angle triangles -- Musical triangles -- Ramps -- A pyramids -- Pentagons -- Hexagons -- Prisms.

"Leo teaches his cat Pallas all about triangles by applying his knowledge of geometry to their Stone Age world. Entertaining illustrations and stories provide a fun introduction to math concepts, explaining that different shapes created by the meeting of three lines are given different names. Information boxes accompany each story to explore real applications of triangles in the natural and designed world."-- Provided by publisher.

Guided reading: N

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