Matchstick Puzzles, Tricks and Games

Matchstick Puzzles, Tricks and Games

Author: Louisa Bumagin Hellegers

Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780806945644

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Includes geometry puzzles, word puzzles, brain twisters, magic tricks, and other fun uses for matchsticks.


Matchstick Puzzles

Matchstick Puzzles

Author: Arcturus Publishing

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing

Published: 2016-06-01

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 178428162X

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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.


Matchstick Puzzles

Matchstick Puzzles

Author: Jack Botermans

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781402736995

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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.


Mystifying Math Puzzles

Mystifying Math Puzzles

Author: Steve Ryan

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9780806913049

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You don’t have to be a math genius to solve these. Most just ask you to apply basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division—they’re intended to trick your thinking, not your math. So come on in, and play your way through dozens of magic squares, mazes, devious dissections, logic problems, weight and date puzzles, coin and matchstick maneuvers, and numerical word games.


Modern Classic Puzzles

Modern Classic Puzzles

Author: Peter Grabarchuk

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1402748086

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Created by an art director at the Puzzles.COM website, these phenomenal original brainbusters-more than 200 of them-will stimulate your potential for thinking outside the box. Arranged from easiest to hardest, they're especially devised for mind-expanding visual solving. And all it takes to crack their mysteries are a pencil, an eraser, patience, and, of course, boundless imagination! Arrange a hinged chain of 11 squares of different sizes into one large square-without overlapping them. Play two-hole billiards on the page, sending two balls into their respective pockets in just two strokes. Figure out how eight patterned cars fit into a checkered parking lot so their colors match the background exactly. Floor plans, tangrams, matchstick puzzles: the variety is amazing.


Awesome Logic Puzzles for Kids

Awesome Logic Puzzles for Kids

Author: Shametria Routt Banks

Publisher: Rockridge Press

Published: 2021-08-17

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781648767111

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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.


Match-IC

Match-IC

Author: Martin Gardner

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2007-11-01

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 143449652X

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Originally published in 1935, here is Martin Gardner's collection of more than 70 impromptu tricks with matches. A Brownstone Classic of Magic.


Critical Thinking Puzzles

Critical Thinking Puzzles

Author: Michael A. Dispezio

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780806994307

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Here are enough tough puzzles to test your mental powers for hours and hours. Try this never-ending array of puzzles, challenges, funky facts, things to build, weird riddles, and other conundrums. Some are old favorites that never fail to stump, others are totally new, but all promise hours of fun. Every one can be completed with a pencil, pen, or some inexpensive materials around the house. 96 pages, 105 b/w illus., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.


The Moscow Puzzles

The Moscow Puzzles

Author: Boris A. Kordemsky

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1992-04-10

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0486270785

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A collection of math and logic puzzles features number games, magic squares, tricks, problems with dominoes and dice, and cross sums, in addition to other intellectual teasers.