Critical Thinking Detective Math: Beginning (Grades 5-12+)

Challenge your student to apply critical reading, critical thinking, and mathematical reasoning to solve these 40 detective cases. Each case starts with a reading passage and a chart or diagram. The first step is to identify the clues by combining accounts from different witnesses and suspects, and then to determine the necessary math needed to turn the clues into evidence. Your student will develop observational skills, reading comprehension, and deductive and inductive thinking skills. Cases increase in comparable difficulty. Optional hints and answer key included. 48 pages, softcover. Grades 5 -12.