This clever and challenging approach to math will interest and inspire budding mathematicians and encourage an active way of learning. Using real-world situations, this book displays the practical applications for the math that children learn in classrooms and demonstrates that math goes far beyond paper and pencil and into everyday life. Inviting students to play detective and use their math knowledge to solve real-life crimes, this exciting story-problem book focuses on one case, taking the reader through a detailed investigation while exploring the math techniques used by real detectives and forensic scientists. This resource allows children to practice their math and numeracy skills while experiencing the thrill of what it's really like to solve a crime.

Describes the evidence for a burglary, presents a series of puzzles or mathematical problems allowing readers to help solve the crime, and provides an idea of how math applies to detection and forensics.

Product Description: Our best-selling math series has six new titles! Correlated to NCTM grade 3 curriculum standards, Mathworks! motivates students by relating math concepts and skills to real-life situations. Each volume invites readers to take on a high-profile profession or an exciting sports challenge and use important facts, data gathering, and math applications to get the job done...read more