How Crime Fighters Use Math
Chelsea House Publishers
Will be published approx. on 31. October 2009
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-60413-602-9 (ISBN)
Description
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 include:
Number Sense and Operations
Problem Solving
Estimation
Measurement
Data Analysis
Algebraic Thinking
Geometry and Spatial Sense.
Concepts and skills emphasized include:
Number Sense and Operations
Problem Solving
Estimation
Measurement
Data Analysis
Algebraic Thinking
Geometry and Spatial Sense.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Broomall
United States
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Illustrations
Colour photographs, Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
264 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60413-602-9 (9781604136029)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Sheri L. Arroyo holds an M.A. in education. She has been an elementary school teacher in San Diego, California, USA, for more than 20 years and has taught third grade for the past 13 years.
Rhea A. Stewart, M.A., Specialist in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education
Rhea A. Stewart, M.A., Specialist in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education