Education For Peace

"The efforts a country makes in providing for its youth indicate clearly whether the country is preparing for war or desires peace."

"Neues Deutschland," No. 125, 1953. (Communist newspaper of Germany's Soviet Zone).

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Problem No. 516: During target practice a unit of the Red Army used up 1000 rounds of ammunition. How many soldiers were in the unit, if each of them shot ten rounds?

Problem No. 1195: To improve an infantry unit's field of vision, the underbrush has to be removed from a rectangular field measuring 120 by 180 yards. How many hours will it take 12 Red Army soldiers to do this work—taking no breaks—if each soldier removed 50 square yards an hour?

Problem No. 1215: Guerilla units have set 28 enemy gasoline trucks and 42 railroad tank cars on fire. How many gallons of gasoline will be destroyed, if each truck contains 1500 gallons of gasoline and each tank car 30,000 gallons?

Elementary arithmetic by Nikitine, Poliak and Volodina, Soviet Board of Education publication."