Presents answers to questions that deal with numbers, with tables, charts, lists, and illustrations on topics that include money, food and nutrition, health, travel, transportation, time, and the universe.
When a dragon threatens to disrupt the life of the townspeople, a little girl challenges the scaly creature to a math contest involving knowledge of weight.
Marvelosissimo the Magician explains the development of standard units of measure, and shows the simplicity of calculating length, height, weight, and volume using the metric system.
Presents an introduction to measurement, in simple text with illustrations, providing information on both its standard and metric units, as well as describing how various things are measured, including weight, temperature, and length.
Traces the history of weights and measures emphasizing the metric and British systems and discussing the likelihood of United States adoption of the metric system.
