Filling and Wrapping : Three-Dimensional Measurement

by Lappan, Glenda; Fey, James T.; Fitzgerald, William M.; Anderson, Catherine

• ISBN13: 9781572326392
• ISBN10: 1572326395
• Edition: Student
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-06-01
• Publisher: SCHOOL GROUP

Table of Contents

Mathematical Highlights	4	(5)
Building Boxes	5	(10)
Making Cubic Boxes	5	(2)
Making Rectangular Boxes	7	(1)
Flattening a Box	8	(1)
Testing Flat Patterns	9	(6)
Applications---Connections---Extensions	10	(4)
Mathematical Reflections	14	(1)
Designing Packages	15	(9)
Packaging Blocks	16	(1)
Saving Trees	17	(7)
Applications---Connections---Extensions	19	(4)
Mathematical Reflections	23	(1)
Finding Volumes of Boxes	24	(13)
Filling Rectangular Boxes	24	(2)
Burying Garbage	26	(1)
Filling Fancy Boxes	26	(11)
Applications---Connections---Extensions	29	(7)
Mathematical Reflections	36	(1)
Cylinders	37	(9)
Filling a Cylinder	38	(1)
Making a Cylinder from a Flat Pattern	39	(1)
Designing a New Juice Container	40	(6)
Applications---Connections---Extensions	41	(4)
Mathematical Reflections	45	(1)
Cones and Spheres	46	(11)
Comparing Spheres and Cylinders	47	(2)
Comparing Cones and Cylinders	49	(1)
Melting Ice Cream	50	(7)
Applications---Connections---Extensions	51	(5)
Mathematical Reflections	56	(1)
Scaling Boxes	57	(11)
Building a Bigger Box	58	(1)
Scaling Up the Compost Box	59	(1)
Looking at Similar Prisms	60	(8)
Applications---Connections---Extensions	61	(6)
Mathematical Reflections	67	(1)
Finding Volumes of Irregular Objects	68	(5)
Displacing Water	68	(5)
Applications---Connections---Extensions	70	(2)
Mathematical Reflections	72	(1)
The Unit Project	73	(1)
Glossary	74	(4)
Index	78