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Book Cover for: The Transcontinental Railroad: Using Proportions to Solve Problems, Therese M. Shea

The Transcontinental Railroad: Using Proportions to Solve Problems

Therese M. Shea

This book explains how to use proportions to solve problems while examining the obstacles that were overcome to complete the first transcontinental railroad. Chapter Titles: New Ideas for a Growing Country, Early Trains, Starts and Stops in Government, Railroad Schemes, The Workers, Changing Ways of Life, Race to the End, The Railroad Legacy.

Book Details

  • Publisher: PowerKids Press
  • Publish Date: Aug 16th, 2006
  • Pages: 32
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.50in - 7.30in - 0.30in - 0.45lb
  • EAN: 9781404233614
  • Recommended age: 10-13
  • Categories: Arithmetic