Design a skyscraper
By: Hilary Koll, Steve Mills
Contributors: Mills, Steve, 1955- author
Series: You do the maths
Publisher: QED Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781781716878
Subjects: Mathematics; Problems, exercises; Juvenile literature; Skyscrapers; Design and construction
Description: Find out what it takes to build high into the sky. Follow each stage of the project and complete the maths exercises to build one of the world's tallest buildings.
Table of contents: title: Shapes of skyscrapers (3D shapes); title: The size of skyscrapers (reading and interpreting tables); title: Record breaking skyscrapers ((working with graphs); title: Choosing the site (co-ordinate); title: Securing the site ((measurement and perimeters); title: Digging foundations (negative numbers); title: Strong materials (2D shapes, multiplication and mass); title: Skyscraper uses (fractions and proportions); title: Building our skyscraper (multiplication); title: Surviving earthquakes (working with decimals); title: Emergency stairs (multiplication and division); title: Going to the top (multiplication and division); title: Keeping it clean (calculation); title: Answers.