Stone age geometry
Subtitle: triangles
By: Gerry Bailey & Felicia Law ; illustrated by Mike Phillips
Contributors: Law, Felicia, author; Phillips, Mike, 1961- illustrator
Series: Stone age geometry
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company; Crabtree Pub Co
Published: 2014
Place of publication: St. Catharines, ON; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780778705123; 9780778705185; 9781427182371; 9781427190079
Subjects: Triangle; Juvenile literature; Geometry
Description: "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."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Table of contents: title: Three sides; title: The triangle family; title: Angles; title: Equilateral triangles; title: Isosceles triangles; title: Building with triangles; title: Scalene triangles; title: Right-angle triangles; title: Musical triangles; title: Ramps; title: Pyramids; title: Pentagons; title: Hexagons; title: Prisms.