Whodunit Math Puzzles

by Bill Wise, Lucy Corvino (Illustrator)

An urgent call has gone out: a series of outrageous crimes must be solved using superior math and logic skills. You've got a real knack for these subjects, so you answer the call. Soon you're visiting the scenes of these despicable crimes with two of the best in law enforcement - Midville Police Chief Arthur Smart and his partner, 12-year old junior detective Cal Q. Leiter. The facts are presented and the clues left behind are analyzed. Just remember, numbers are the key to unlocking the answers. How much money did Gertrude Gessler leave in her will to divide among her fouor nephews? What was the number of the locker where the stolen money was hidden, and how did Cal figure it out? See if you can solve the crime!

Genres: Childrens, Mathematics

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Scott Evans · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun, easy math puzzles with cute little stories.

[Mo · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm a therapist at a nursing home looking for materials to use with my clients. This book contains a bunch of short mysteries that can be solved using math processes. First off, the stories seem pretty juvenile for the intended audience (and consequently far to juvenile for my clients). I feel like most of the kids who are at an appropriate age to figure out the solutions would be insulted by the language and content. Some of them were pretty simple, but others were pretty complex for kids. I decided not to use any of these puzzles for my clients because of the language/content and because the stories are mostly 3+ pages in length and would be hard to 1) pay attention to 2) pull out the pertinent information and 3) know how to manipulate that information into a solution. Too bad really, because I liked the idea of it.