Maths with matchsticks - what's not to love?! Your whole family will enjoy thinking mathematically and learning to reason and problem-solve with these 50 fantastic puzzles, many of which have never been seen before. The book even comes with full solutions if you get stuck!
Matchstick puzzles are a timeless classic. In each puzzle you must transform one arrangement of matches into another using only the stipulated number of moves. This collection includes 80+ puzzles, graded into three levels of increasing difficulty. The easy puzzles are great for getting familiar with the rules and tactics, and the hard will really require you to think outside the box! Whether you wish to sketch out your solutions in the book, or try with your own matches, this superb collection with test your lateral thinking and provide hours of entertainment.
The common wooden matchstick, with its brightly colored tip and sturdy box, has inspired tricks and puzzles ever since it was invented. Here’s a collection of the most baffling matchstick puzzles of all time, from the six riddles of the nine squares to the astonishing effect of the matchstick telegraph. Can you build a bridge with just two matches? Can you balance matchstick equations? Can you calculate how many matches you would need to cover the distance from the earth to the moon? With a rating of easy, medium, or difficult for each puzzle and illustrations showing colorful matchbox covers from around the world, this fascinating potpourri of brain-benders will provide hours of amusement for young and old alike.
Solve history's greatest puzzles with this classic collection of brain teasers from The Best Brain Teasers of All Time. The best brain teasers are those that have challenged and captivated the attention of puzzle lovers throughout time. Collected here to keep your wits sharp, The Best Brain Teasers of All Time features the cleverest brain teasers from around the world and throughout history. The Best Brain Teasers of All Time gives you hours of fun-filled entertainment with brain teasers that develop your problem-solving skills in math, logic, and wordplay. Organized as an integrated challenge, these brain teasers build in momentum as they increase in difficulty from classic nursery rhymes to the riddle of the sphinx. The Best Brain Teasers of All Time puts your mind to the test with: 125 Brain Teasers that require no special skills to solve. Plus, each question comes with an optional clue in case you get stumped and a handy answer key in the back to test yourself or play with friends Brain Teasers for Every Level that cater to beginners and advanced masterminds alike, with brain teasers organized by level of difficulty to improve your skills as you move forward Hints of History that provide fun facts and background information for every brain teaser Get ready to sharpen your wit with every "aha" moment. The Best Brain Teasers of All Time is a go-to source for timeless fun and mind-blowing challenges.
Treasury of 300 puzzles features 3D and chess puzzles, connections, dissections, foldings, geometrical and number puzzles, logic problems, matchstick puzzles, mazes, moving pieces, put-togethers, strimkos, sudoku, and visual and word puzzles.
Fabulous Fun with Puzzles takes you back to a simpler time when dinner was a nightly family event and kids played games with nothing more than a bag of marbles or a piece of chalk. J. Leeming's classic collection of over 400 conundrums, quizzes, word puzzles, brain twisters, visual challenges, and math riddles will keep solvers of all ages entertained for hours. Make sure you have an extra pencil handy, because we've taken the puzzles from the two previous Leeming puzzle books and created one fabulously fun book, and added all-new illustrations inspired by the originals. Puzzles included: o Riddles o Match Puzzles o Puzzles with Coins o Anagram Puzzles o Cut-out Puzzles Try these sample puzzles: 1) Two fathers and two sons went duck hunting. Each shot a duck and none of them shot the same duck. However, only three ducks were shot. How did this happen? There is an 8 letter word which has the letters KST in the middle, in the beginning, and at the end. There is only one K, one S and one T in the word. What is the word?
Build your child's brainpower with 60 challenging puzzles for kids! Budding detectives ages 6 to 9 can improve their critical thinking skills and face off against six fun puzzle types: patterns, sequences, analogies, matchstick puzzles, logic grids, and deductive reasoning. Awesome Logic Puzzles For Kids is also a great distraction during device-free road trips or when your child has run out of screen time. Levels of fun--The puzzles grow in difficulty, beginning with easy starters and moving up to more demanding challenges, then resetting at the end of each chapter. Pick a puzzle--This kids' activity book lets your child tackle the puzzles in any order. They can finish their favorites or choose a few easy ones before taking on the tougher brain busters. Geared to 6 to 9 year olds--Language and reading levels stay the same throughout the book, even as the puzzles get harder, supporting independent reading and ensuring they understand the challenge. Keep your young one engaged for hours with Awesome Logic Puzzles For Kids.
(Faber Piano Adventures ). Accelerated Theory Book 2 is divided into fifteen units, correlating with the fifteen units of Lesson Book 2. Each unit provides valuable reinforcement of basic theory concepts through writing, sightreading, and ear-training activities.
This compilation of long-inaccessible puzzles by a famous puzzle master offers challenges ranging from arithmetical and algebraical problems to those involving geometry, combinatorics, and topology, plus game, domino, and match puzzles. Includes answers.
Multiplying my age by 6 then subtracting 6 produces the same result as subtracting 7 from my age then multiplying by 7. How old am I? On my broken calculator with keys + - ÷ x =, the only functional number is 7. How can I get 34 to appear in the readout? A country mints four denominations of coins, in whole numbers of cents. It takes four of these coins to make 21¢, or 24¢, or 25¢, or 26¢. What are the denominations of the coins? These and almost 300 other mathematical puzzles appear in this original collection, devised by world-renowned mathematicians, puzzle creators, and devoted puzzle lovers. A unique puzzle project, it unites the efforts of a dozen authors, including software engineer Andrea Gilbert and Bram Cohen, author of the P2P BitTorrent protocol. Seventeen different types of challenges include 3-D puzzles, chess puzzles, connections, dissections, foldings, geometrical puzzles, logic problems, matchstick puzzles, mazes, moving pieces, number puzzles, put-togethers, strimko, sudoku, visual puzzles, weightings, and word puzzles. The difficulty level of each puzzle is marked by stars, ranging from 2 to 5. Average difficulty level is about 3 stars, promising puzzle enthusiasts many entrancing hours of solving and enjoyment.