How Crime Fighters Use Math (Math in the Real World) by Arroyo, Sheri L. (2009) Hardcover

by Sheri L. Arroyo

When in pursuit of criminals, the police, detectives, and private investigators all use math to capture the wrongdoers. How Crime Fighters Use Math shows how those in law enforcement use math to predict the actions of perpetrators and capture them. Whether collecting clues at a crime scene, analyzing the results of a lie detector test, or cracking the code in a secret message, crime fighters constantly use math to catch criminals and keep people safe. Concepts and skills emphasized Number Sense and Operations Problem Solving Estimation Measurement Data Analysis Algebraic Thinking Geometry and Spatial Sense.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Karan Johnstone · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book tells how crime fighters use math in helping solve crimes. It contains a lot of charts and graphs. It also talks about perimeter and how to find it. I really like the questions that the students can work out. This book is a good book to show real world applications of math.
I can use this book when introduction graphs. The students can use this book during workshop time to work on the problems in the book. I could have groups work on the book together and partner read to each other.

[Kailyn Groves · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book shows many different crimes in our world today and the different jobs within that crime. You especially need to know how to use computers to detect crimes. Math is also very important in a crime fighter's world. This book gave a lot of information on education that is needed to become a crime fighter.