Mind-Bending Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Mind-Bending Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Author: Des MacHale

Publisher:

Published: 1999-03

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9781899712236

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Part of a fun range of pocket-sized puzzle books for adults. The lateral thinking puzzles in this book were compiled by Des MacHale, an expert in the field of lateral thinking, who has published more than 50 books in a range of subjects from humour to puzzles. The cryptic conundrums he has put together in this book are designed to trip you up and catch you out. Some are relatively easy, others are decidedly difficult but all are perfectly possible - if you think laterally!


Classic Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Classic Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Author: Edward J. Harshman

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2004-12

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9781402710629

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A man writes the same number, and nothing else, on 20 sheets of paper. Why? To figure this out--and hundreds of other mind-bending lateral puzzles, too--you'll have to really fire up your brain and imagination. At first, it may not seem as if there's enough information to come up with a solution. But look more closely; there's always more than meets the eye. Check your assumptions, ask good questions, retune your mind, separate the facts from the red herrings, and the answers will come.


Mind-bending Classic Logic Puzzles

Mind-bending Classic Logic Puzzles

Author: Jenny Lynch

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 9781899712182

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Crammed with a wide range of colourful, inventive and perplexing puzzles, this neat little book will engage even the least logical of minds. (From back cover).


Logic Puzzles to Bend Your Brain

Logic Puzzles to Bend Your Brain

Author: Kurt Smith

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780806980126

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Logic, math, and fun come all wrapped up in one tricky puzzle package. Each little story gives you just enough information to determine what's bigger, who weighs more, how much gets sold, and lots of other confounding braintwisters. To make it just a little easier, every puzzle has a chart to help you organize and work out the all facts in your possession.


Mind-bending Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Mind-bending Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Author: Jenny Lynch

Publisher: Lagoon Books

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9781899712069

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Part of a fun range of pocket-sized puzzle books for adults, this book is especially for people who are tired of being logical! Made up of engaging questions that make you avoid the obvious and the orthodox, this book will give even the most tired minds a refreshing rubdown


Remarkable Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Remarkable Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Author: Paul Sloane

Publisher: Puzzlewright

Published: 2014-02-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781454909897

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A selection of thought-provoking, mind-bending puzzles designed to get your synapses sizzling. Each mental teaser presents a mini-scenario, and it's up to you to tease out the secret twist.


Challenging Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Challenging Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Author: Paul Sloane

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780806986715

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Lateral thinking is the key to solving these tantalizing puzzles. Packed with hundreds of brain teasers and mathematical problems, the book will test kids' powers of logic, and patience! "The logic, reasoning, and calculating required by the problems...will delight and torment puzzle fans."--Booklist. "Ninety-one how come' mysteries....We never get enough of these."--Games.


Brain Busters!

Brain Busters!

Author: Barry R. Clarke

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9780486427553

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Fifty-one original puzzles include complex crosswords, a collection of amusing stories with a series of clues that lead to a single solution at the end, and an advanced series of math and logic puzzles — no skills beyond high school algebra needed. Most puzzles include hints; solutions are provided for all.


Mind-Boggling One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers

Mind-Boggling One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers

Author: Sandy Silverthorne

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

Published: 2010-07-01

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0736939725

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More than 100,000 copies of One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers and Return of the One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers have been sold (combined), and now Sandy Silverthorne and John Warner offer an all-new collection of family-friendly lateral thinking puzzles. Each page includes an unusual scenario that ends with a question for readers to answer as well as a delightful cartoon that depicts a laughably incorrect assumption. To find the one satisfying answer for each puzzle, readers must throw out all preconceived notions and be open-minded, flexible, and creative. Increasingly revealing clues for each puzzle are included in the back of the book, as are the solutions. These riddles are challenging enough for adults yet appropriate for detectives of all ages. Individual readers, families, and groups can enjoy hours of fun solving them and learning to think outside the box.


Cunning Mind-Bending Puzzles

Cunning Mind-Bending Puzzles

Author: Terry H. Stickels

Publisher: Sterling

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780806988030

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Try any of these 150 word, number, and logic puzzles, and you'll encounter some surprising new ways to analyze, observe, and decide. You've been warned, so don't get frustrated when you feel yourself getting pushed out of the ruts of your usual problem-solving skills. Try these sample warmup exercises: 1. If Molly's daughter is my daughter's mother, what am I to Molly? 2. Which is larger, one-third times one-third of a dozen dozen, or one-third dozen halved and cubed? 3. How old is the man who told his friend, "Four years from now I'll be twice as old as I was fourteen years ago"? Answers: 1. I am Molly's daughter. 2. The first calculation is larger. 3. He's 32 years old.