
The Complete Book of Fun Maths
250 Confidence-boosting Tricks, Tests and Puzzles
Capstone Publishing Ltd
1st Edition
Published on 6. April 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-0-470-87091-4 (ISBN)
Description
The idea of this book is to help build confidence with maths via a series of tests and puzzles. After a gentle 'warm-up' section, the puzzles and tests get progressively more challenging over the course of the book. There is a hints section for readers who get stuck, as well as a complete set of answers for every test at the back of the book. After the 'warm-up' section, there are puzzles and tests on 'lateral thinking', 'fun with numbers', 'logic puzzles', 'geometrical puzzles' and 'difficult puzzles'. Readers will soon become familiar and comfortable with a range of tricks and tests, from magic number squares to Fibonacci numbers.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-87091-4 (9780470870914)
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Philip Carter | Ken Russell
The Complete Book of Fun Maths
250 Confidence-boosting Tricks, Tests and Puzzles
E-Book
09/2009
1st Edition
Capstone
€7.99
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Philip Carter and Ken Russell are UK MENSA Puzzle Editors and have compiled over 100 books on all aspects of testing, puzzles and crosswords. Visit The Enigmatic World of Philip Carter at www.knowl.demon.co.uk
Content
Introduction 1 Section 1 Puzzles, tricks and tests 3
Chapter 1 The work out 5
Chapter 2 Think laterally 15
Chapter 3 Test your numerical IQ 20
Chapter 4 Funumeration 38
Chapter 5 Think logically 54
Chapter 6 The logic of gambling and probability 60
Chapter 7 Geometrical puzzles 64
Chapter 8 Complexities and curiosities 71
Section 2 Hints, answers and explanations 87
Hints 89
Answers and explanations 94
Section 3 Glossary and data 143
Glossary 145
Data 152
Section 4 Appendices 157
Appendix 1 Fibonacci and nature's use of space 159
Appendix 2 Pi 169
Appendix 3 Topology and the Mobius strip 170
Chapter 1 The work out 5
Chapter 2 Think laterally 15
Chapter 3 Test your numerical IQ 20
Chapter 4 Funumeration 38
Chapter 5 Think logically 54
Chapter 6 The logic of gambling and probability 60
Chapter 7 Geometrical puzzles 64
Chapter 8 Complexities and curiosities 71
Section 2 Hints, answers and explanations 87
Hints 89
Answers and explanations 94
Section 3 Glossary and data 143
Glossary 145
Data 152
Section 4 Appendices 157
Appendix 1 Fibonacci and nature's use of space 159
Appendix 2 Pi 169
Appendix 3 Topology and the Mobius strip 170