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Peer reviewedParramore, Keith; Stephens, Joan – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, 1998
Revisits and discusses the polar bear problem that was published in the March 1997 issue. The problem concerns a riddle: If you walk one mile south, one mile east, and one mile north, and end up in the same spot as you started, what kind of bear would you see? (ASK)
Descriptors: Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving
