Math Related to Child Soldiers?

One might think that math doesn't have anything to do with child soldiers or any other global issues, but they are wrong. Without math it would be hard to know the specifics on child soldiers. First of all, the average age of a child soldier is 15-18. With out math you wouldn't be able to figure this out, we would just half to guess. Math also comes out in child soldiers with all the percentages and statistics. In addition, sometimes the article only tells you some of the information and you have to figure out the rest. This is just like a math problem.As you can see math is everywhere, even in our research project.

Escaped Hippo

Who: A 2-ton hippo

What: The Hippo escaped from the zoo and authorities want to kill it.

Where: A private zoo in Montenegro

When: January 14,2010

Why: The hippo escaped from the zoo because there was a bad storm that flooded the zoo. The hippos tank overflowed and it was able to swim over the top of the tank. Authorities want to put the hippo to sleep because the hippo is the third largest land animal in Africa and they are very fast, smart, and extremely territorial.

Opinion:

I think that the article is very interesting. First of all the way the hippo escaped sows how smart these animals are. In addition, I don't think that they should put this animal to sleep. One reason I believe this is because if the animal is in the zoo it is probably tamed and not as dangerous. My opinion is that they should capture the animal and return him to the zoo when the water levels have gone down.