The transcontinental railroad
Subtitle: using proportions to solve problems
By: Therese Shea.
Series: Math for the real world
Publisher: The Rosen Pub. Group; Rosen Publishing Group
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Central Pacific Railroad Company -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Ratio and proportion -- Juvenile literature.; Problem solving -- Juvenile literature.; Railroads -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: New ideas for a growing country; title: Early trains; title: Starts and stops in government; title: Railroad schemes; title: The Workers; title: Changing ways of life; title: Race to the end; title: The Railroad legacy.