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Furey, Wendy G. – Mathematics Teaching, 1975
While repairing a sleeping bag, the author observed that the quilt stitching was unicursal. This led to development of a classroom activity relating the stitching patterns of quilts to the highest common factor of the numbers of "bumps" in each direction. (SD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Experiential Learning, Geometry
