You Do The Maths Design A Skyscraper

Annie an architect guides you through the design and construction of your skyscraper in You Do The Maths Design A Skyscraper by Hilary Koll & Steve Mills. It challenges children to solve maths problems in order to design a skyscraper. Why are verticles and reflective symmetry needed to Design a Skyscraper? Find out this an much more in this exciting book! This book helps children understand that maths is part of real life. Answers and a glossary are at the end of the book. Age approx. 8 – 12 years. This book would be great for older children and teens who would benefit from maths based in real life contexts.

Topics included in You Do The Maths Design A Skyscraper:

• Shapes of skyscrapers – 3D shapes
• The size of skyscrapers – reading and interpreting tables
• Record breaking skyscrapers – working with graphs
• Choosing the site – coordinates
• Securing the site – measurement and perimeters
• Digging foundations – negative numbers
• Strong materials – 2D shapes, multiplication and mass
• Skyscraper uses – fractions and proportions
• Building your skyscraper – multiplication
• Surviving earthquakes – working with decimals
• Emergency stairs – multiplication and division
• Going to the top – multiplication and division
• Keeping it Clean – calculation

Educational Benefits of You Do The Maths Design A Skyscraper:

• gain mathematical knowledge
• apply maths to solve problems
• understand that maths is part of real life

Hardback book with dimensions – 259mm x 190mm x 9mm with 32 pages