Burlington Public Library

Explains how to measure size and the tools we use to measure.

Defines volume and describes how it is measured.

Jen learns about closeness and the measurement of distance in inches, feet, yards, and miles when she has to share a room with her little sister Lucy.

When Zachary forgets his homework assignment, readers will be amazed at what he is able to accomplish with what he finds in his pocket. Each week he takes on a different math concept (length, width, area, perimeter) with projects that include a mobius strip, a paper frame, and a light show. Instructions for doing Zach's projects are included at the end.--

As the town's official measurer, Magnus Maximus is consumed with measuring and counting everything and everyone, missing out on life's simple pleasures, until one day when he breaks his glasses.

Teaches simple measuring techniques such as estimating, counting, and sorting by means of various handicrafts.

Offers a visual guide, with brief explanatory text, to comparative sizes, heights, weights, and numbers in such areas as capacity, population, growth, weather, disasters, speed, and others.

"Inquisitive mammoths . . . [cover] the basics of numbers, operations, geometry, measurement, and . . . more"--Provided by publisher.