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This e-book provides a thorough course in geometry skills that fits into any busy schedule. Each step takes just 20 minutes a day.

"Shape reveals the geometry underneath some of the most important scientific, political, and philosophical problems we face. Geometry asks: Where are things? Which things are near each other? How can you get from one thing to another thing? Those are important questions. Geometry doesn't just measure the world-it explains it. Shape shows us how"--

This new edition of Painless Geometry provides students with a lighthearted, step-by-step approach to understanding geometry concepts. Inside you’ll find: Comprehensive coverage of geometry, including characteristics of distinct shapes, relationships between parallel and perpendicular lines, geometric principles that can solve real-world problems, and much more-Diagrams, charts, instructive math illustrations, proofs, and experiments-Painless tips,...

Over sixty learning experiences explore shapes, numbers, and counting.

A young dancer dances her way among geometric shapes.

"The characteristics of circles as well as how to find the radius, diameter, circumference, and area of a circle are explained and illustrated in this geometry picture book"--

In ancient Greece, young Pythagoras discovers a special number pattern (the Pythagorean theorem) and uses it to solve problems involving right triangles.