Download or read book Groovy Geometry written by Lynette Long and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-05-13 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't Just Learn Geometry...Master It! Brimming with fun and educational games and activities, the MagicalMath series provides everything you need to know to become a masterof mathematics! In each of these books, Lynette Long uses herunique style to help you truly understand mathematical concepts asyou use common objects such as playing cards, dice, coins, andevery mathematician's basic tools: paper and pencil. Inside Groovy Geometry, you'll find all the geometry basics, plusinformation on how to figure out the height of any object from itsshadow, find distances "as the crow flies," estimate the area ofany space, and much more. While you play the Name Game andRectangle Race, you'll learn how to draw, measure, and identifydifferent kinds of angles, triangles, and quadrilaterals. And withfun activities like Bull's Eye and Pizza Party, you'll practiceplotting coordinate points on a graph and measuring the area anddiameter of a circle. Most important, you'll have a great timedoing it! So why wait? Jump right in and find out how easy it is to become amathematics master!