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- Product code: 18113
- ISBN: 0486252116,
ISBN13: 9780486252117,
112 pages, paperback
Published by Dover Publications on 2000
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Description of Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles |
Only an elementary knowledge of math is needed to enjoy this entertaining compilation of brain-teasers. It includes a mixture of old and new riddles covering a variety of mathematical topics: money, speed, plane and solid geometry, probability, topology, tricky puzzles and more. Carefully explained solutions follow each problem.
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Contents of Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles |
Introduction
Part I: Arithmetic Puzzles
The Colored Socks
Weighty Problem
The Silver Bar
The Three Cats
Mrs. Puffem's Cigarettes
Part II: Money Puzzles
Second-Hand Scooter
Low Finance
No Change
Al's Allowance
Pick Your Pay
Part III: Speed Puzzles
The Bicycles and the Fly
The Floating Hat
Round Trip
Airplane Paradox
Part IV: Plane Geometry Puzzles
Corner to Corner
The Hindu and the Cat
Cutting the Pie
Where Does the Square Go?
Part V: Solid Geometry Puzzles
Under the Band
The Third Line
The Painted Cubes
The Spotted Basketball
Part VI: Game Puzzles
The Circle of Pennies
Fox and Goose
Bridg-It
Nim
Part VII: Probability Puzzles
The Three Pennies
The Tenth Roll
Odds on Kings
Boys vs. Girls
Part VIII: Topology Puzzles
The Five Bricks
Outside or Inside?
The Two Knots
Reversing the Sweater
Part IX: Miscellaneous Puzzles
The Five Tetrominoes
The Two Tribes
No Time for School
Time for Toast
The Three Neckties
Part X: Tricky Puzzles
Suggestions for Further Reading
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