Math is used in everyday life for key activities ranging from rescuing hikers stranded in the wilderness to exploring deep-sea shipwrecks to designing video games. The new, full-color Math in the Real World set will help young readers gain a deeper understanding of mathematic principles by showing how they are applied in the real world in a variety of high-interest activities and professions. Join astronauts rocketing into space or chefs cooking a meal to discover how they use math to do their jobs.

When driving around the oval ring, drivers of race cars need to know much more than how to turn the wheel and avoid other drivers. How Race Car Drivers Use Math puts readers in the driver's seat to show how race car operators use math to calculate speed and fuel usage, judge their safety, and much more.

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.

Professional baseball players rely on their managers' math skills to win baseball games. A game made of statistics, baseball requires that everyone involved be aware of how math can affect the outcome of the game--from which order players should bat to the chances of winning a game when one is losing. How Baseball Managers Use Math reveals how baseball managers use math to calculate scores and create game strategies.

When fighter pilots get into the cockpit, they come face-to-face with practical math. How Fighter Pilots Use Math demonstrates how math allows pilots to judge speed, attain altitude, and maintain safety, all while soaring to new heights.

When you visit a doctor's office or a hospital, chances are you come into contact with a nurse, a skilled professional who uses math everyday to do his or her job. How Nurses Use Math illustrates how nurses use math to calculate medication dosages and judge the health and safety of their patients.

If you have ever eaten food at a restaurant, had someone cook for you, or cooked something yourself, you have seen math in action. How Chefs Use Math demonstrates how chefs use math to measure, prepare, and cook to create tasty, delicious food.

When astronauts fly into space to conduct missions, it is made possible because of precise mathematical calculations, from how the spacecraft leaves Earth's atmosphere to how the astronauts pilot the craft. How Astronauts Use Math reveals how designers use math to calculate distance, speed, velocity, and their own safety when creating space-faring vehicles.

Whether searching for shipwrecks, new species, or lost civilizations under the waters' depths, deep sea divers use math to keep themselves safe and alive. How Deep Sea Divers Use Math shows how these underwater explorers use math to delve into the deepest oceans every day.