(ABC News)--Police across the country are used to solving puzzles, but one Ohio police department recently got a plea for help from a local girl seeking to solve a puzzle of a more mathematical bent.

Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – On a mid-October day, Mr. John Whelan is playing a video on rounding numbers for his class. As the video finishes and Mr. Whelan begins the lesson, Zoey expresses her worries and ...

Local police went above and beyond, though there was a slight glitch. — -- Police across the country are used to solving puzzles, but one Ohio police department recently got a plea for help from ...