Just the critical concepts you need to score high in geometry. This practical, friendly guide focuses on critical concepts taught in a typical geometry course, from the properties of triangles, parallelograms, circles, and cylinders, to the skills and strategies you need to write geometry proofs. Geometry Essentials For Dummies is perfect for cramming or doing homework, or as a reference for parents helping kids study for exams.

Rhyming text provides an introduction to geometry, including lines, types of angles, measuring angles, and symmetry.

The guide for students struggling to improve their knowledge of geometry for standardized tests. --egghead's strategies and advice for improving geometry skills. --Foundational geometry for students who need basic and remedial instruction. --Dozens of sample exercises and solutions with loads of geometric figures and illustrations. --Easy-to-read lessons with fun graphics that provide essential information and skills to help those students...

The quadrivium--the classical curriculum--comprises the four liberal arts of number, geometry, music, and cosmology. It was studied from antiquity to the Renaissance as a way of glimpsing the nature of reality. Geometry is number in space; music is number in time; and comology expresses number in space and time. Number, music, and geometry are metaphysical truths: life across the universe investigates them; they foreshadow the physical sciences. Quadrivium...

Uses cartoon-style characters to explain the basics of algebra and geometry, discussing such concepts as numbers, shapes, equations, relations, functions, and graphs.

"Dot is drawing. What can she make with squares, circles, and triangles? Full-color illustrations and fun stories make this a simple introduction to shapes for early readers"--

In ancient Greece, young Pythagoras discovers a special number pattern (the Pythagorean theorem) and uses it to solve problems involving right triangles.