Painless Geometry: 2nd Edition (Barron's Painless Series) - Softcover

Long, Lynette

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764142305 ISBN 13: 9780764142307

Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Inc.,U.S., 2009

Synopsis

The author demonstrates how solving geometric problems amounts to fitting parts together to solve interesting puzzles. Students discover relationships that exist between parallel and perpendicular lines; analyze the characteristics of distinct shapes such as circles, quadrilaterals, and triangles; and learn how geometric principles can solve real-world problems. Titles in Barron's Painless Series are written especially for middle school and high school students who are having a difficult time with a specific subject. In many cases, a student is confused by the subject's complexity and details. Still other students simply finds a subject uninteresting, an attitude that usually results in lower grades. Painless titles offer informal, student-friendly approaches to each subject, emphasizing interesting details, supplementing the text with amusing insights, and outlining potential pitfalls clearly and step by step. Students begin to understand how disparate details all fit together to form a clear picture. Timelines, ideas for interesting projects, and "Brain Tickler" quizzes in many of these titles help to take the pain out of study and improve each student's grades.

About this title

Synopsis:

Geometry becomes painless - and even fun - once middle school and senior high school students learn the subject's basic components and see how solving any geometric problem is fitting parts together to solve an intriguing puzzle. They learn the meaning of postulates and theorems, discover angles of all kinds, find the relationships that exist between parallel and perpendicular lines, and discover the characteristics of shapes such as triangles, quadrilaterals, and circles. The author introduces real-world geometry experiments to make concepts less abstract, offers study strategies, and demonstrates how mini-proofs are the first step toward understanding formal geometry proofs.

About the Author:

LYNETTE LONG, PhD, is the author of several children's math books, including Fabulous Fractions, Measurement Mania, Dazzling Division, and Marvelous Multiplication, all from Wiley. She has taught math and was a professor of education, specializing in mathematics education.

About this edition

• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0764142305
• ISBN 13: 9780764142307
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288