The Transcontinental Railroad: Using Proportions to Solve Problems

by Therese Shea

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140423361X
• ISBN13: 9781404233614
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: PowerKids Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.3" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8