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If Dogs Were Dinosaurs

By Schwartz, David M. & Warhola, James

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"Explores the concepts of ratio and proportion by growing or shrinking various objects by the same amounts"--Provided by publisher. If your dog were the size of a dinosaur, his dinner would fill your bedroom! If the moon were the size of a marble, earth would fit in your hands! If your submarine sandwich was as big as its name, the pickle would be as big as a life raft! Mighty math-man David Schwartz's amazing examples of relative size, and James Warhola's hilarious, literal depictions make these mind-bending math concepts crystal clear and tons of fun. Concise, easy-to-follow back matter provides equations that show just how readers can solve these fascinating, outrageous proportional problems!

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ISBN
978-0-43967-612-0
Publisher
New York : Scholastic Press, 2005.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on October 1, 2005

Gr 2-5 Schwartz, whose "How Much Is a Million?" (HarperCollins, 1985) explained REALLY big numbers to young readers, now tackles proportion and relative size. The concept is complicated and the book doesn't succeed in simplifying it, even with an appendix that explains the logic behind each example. The probl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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