Chapter

Some Teaser Problems

From Quantitative Problem Solving in Natural Resources by Peter Moore

Concepts

1. Must Practical

   "The teaser problems concern questions such as wetland configuration, herbicide requirements, deer collisions, prairie dog plague, forest fire losses, phosphorus discharge, and brook trout abundance.

2. Different Types

   "Spatial questions require information about size, distance, and location and may use geometry, trigonometry, geography, or cartography. Numerical reasoning helps characterize counts, proportions, dis