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DeRosa, Bill – Children and Animals, 1986
Describes an activity designed to improve students' skills at solving mathematical word problems through an awareness of the pet overpopulation problem. Uses the concept of cumulative female offspring as a focal point in assisting students to analyze and work through word problems. (ML)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Education
