Explores geometry in the architecture of New York City, including information on skyscrapers, sculpture, and three-dimensional shapes.

Find three-dimensional shapes all over New York City! This exciting title has been translated into Spanish and shows young readers where they can find cylinders, cones, prisms, spheres, and pyramids in the city. Vibrant images, simple practice problems, and clear mathematical charts and diagrams help make geometry and STEM themes seem simple and fun! These exercises will encourage children to practice their geometry skills by finding three-dimensional shapes in their own city!

Many things in New York City are 3-D shapes with height, length, and width. Many of the skyscrapers in the city are rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, and cubes. Some of the statues are cylinders and spheres. You can even see pyramids atop big buildings. These 3-D shapes are not only buildings or statues--they are the things you drink out of such as coke cans or things you eat like ice cream cones.

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