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tokenadult · 2009-05-03 · Original thread
I'm an elementary teacher

Definitely baseball statistics for that audience. Also finishing times for sprints to thousandths of a second.

Not to answer your question, but to suggest useful resources for elementary math teaching, I'll suggest

http://www.amazon.com/Knowing-Teaching-Elementary-Mathematic...

an essential book for someone in your profession, and

http://www.amazon.com/Vision-Elementary-Mathematics-W-Sawyer...

a book with wonderful teaching tips, and

http://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Mathematics-for-Teachers/dp...

a very excellent set of exercises for any elementary mathematics teacher preparing lessons, and a great guide to the best available series of mathematics textbooks in English.

You might also try asking your question on the appropriate forum

http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/index.php?f=300

(the forum is really for middle school math, but you could give it a try) on the Art of Problem Solving site, a generally good site for discussion of math.

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