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If Dogs Were Dinosaurs

If Dogs Were Dinosaurs
By David Schwartz

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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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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #250058 in Books
  • Published on: 2005-10-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 32 pages

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From School Library Journal
Grade 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 problems seem randomly selected and the explanations, while kid-friendly, are far from concrete: If Ralphie were as tall as a redwood…his big sister could land a hook shot on top of the Washington Monument or If a chocolate bar covered the mall…each almond would be the size of a blimp. Warhola's pen-and-watercolor drawings humorously interpret each statement, but the book is only moderately effective. Children interested in the sizes of things are better served by the wonderful collages in Steve Jenkins's Actual Size (Houghton, 2004).–Kathleen Whalin, York Public Library, ME
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Customer Reviews

Dinosaurs, Dogs and some BIG ideas about size.5
Imaginative book about relative sizes. A really fun book that we found in the library and are buying because we love it so much!

What an engaging way to create excitement with MATH!5
My 8 and [...] daughters and I have so much fun reading this book and thinking about the outrageous math equations. It's silly, quirky and our kind of math --- entertaining!