How many ants in an anthill?
By: Kate Boehm Jerome.
Contributors: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Series: Math behind the science
Publisher: National Geographic
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9780792245872
Subjects: Mensuration -- Juvenile literature; Estimation theory -- Juvenile literature; Measurement; Estimation theory
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Looks at how scientists use math as a tool to understand data, identifies systems used to make measurements, and describes situations in which using estimates is most practical.
Notes: Grades 3-8.
Includes bibliographic references (p. 22) and index.
"Measuring, estimating"--Cover.
"National Geographic reading expeditions"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Questions that count; title: Measuring little monsters; title: The universal language of measurement; title: Estimating with ease; title: Math mentor: words count!; title: Math notebook; title: Glossary.