How to Solve Word Problems in Geometry (How to Solve Word Problems (McGraw-Hill))

Sova, Dawn B.

ISBN 10: 007134652X / ISBN 13: 9780071346528

Published by McGraw-Hill, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to Solve Word Problems in Geometry (How to Solve Word Problems (McGraw-Hill))
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 007134652X
• ISBN 13: 9780071346528
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The easiest way to solve the hardest problems! Geometry's extensive use of figures and visual calculations make its word problems especially difficult to solve. This book picks up where most textbooks leave off, making techniques for solving problems easy to grasp and offering many illustrative examples to make learning easy. Each year more than two million students take high school or remedial geometry courses. Geometry word problems are abstract and especially hard to solve--this guide offers detailed, easy-to-follow solution procedures. Emphasizes the mechanics of problem-solving. Includes worked-out problems and a 50-question self-test with answers.

About the Author

Dawn Sova, Ph.D., is an Adjunct Professor at Montclair State University. She holds undergraduate degrees in mathematics and English, as well as a doctorate in English Literature. She serves as faculty advisor for courses offered through the Thomas Edison State College Distance Independent Adult Learning Program, and has worked as a consultant to several school districts in creating math and verbal SAT review curricula.