Mystifying Mathematical Puzzles

Mystifying Mathematical Puzzles

Author: Joseph S. Madachy

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2018-05-16

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0486830322

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"Fans will find this volume indispensable; casual readers will find it an attractive nuisance," observed Scientific American of this challenging compilation of conundrums, diabolic squares, flexagons, geometric dissections, other puzzles.


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.


Math for Girls and Other Problem Solvers

Math for Girls and Other Problem Solvers

Author: Diane Downie

Publisher: University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Hall of Science

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780912511016

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The content focus of the activities is on problem solving rather than on traditional arithmetic skills. Problem solving strands identified are: Using logic, strategies and patterns; Breaking set; Creative thinking, estimating and observing; Spatial visualizing.


Recountings

Recountings

Author: Joel Segel

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2009-01-03

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1439865418

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This book traces the history of the MIT Department of Mathematics-one of the most important mathematics departments in the world-through candid, in-depth, lively conversations with a select and diverse group of its senior members. The process reveals much about the motivation, path, and impact of research mathematicians in a society that owes so mu


Mathematical Puzzles

Mathematical Puzzles

Author: Peter Winkler

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2021-01-21

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 0429557973

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Research in mathematics is much more than solving puzzles, but most people will agree that solving puzzles is not just fun: it helps focus the mind and increases one's armory of techniques for doing mathematics. Mathematical Puzzles makes this connection explicit by isolating important mathematical methods, then using them to solve puzzles and prove a theorem. Features A collection of the world’s best mathematical puzzles Each chapter features a technique for solving mathematical puzzles, examples, and finally a genuine theorem of mathematics that features that technique in its proof Puzzles that are entertaining, mystifying, paradoxical, and satisfying; they are not just exercises or contest problems.


Issues in Mathematics Teaching

Issues in Mathematics Teaching

Author: Peter Gates

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1134555768

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This book presents the key debates that the mathematics teacher will need to understand, reflect on and engage in as part of their professional development. Issues in Mathematics Teaching is suitable for those at initial training level right through to practising mathematics teachers. Its accessible structure enables the reader to pursue the issues raised as each chapter includes suggestions for further reading and questions for reflection or debate.


Beast Academy Puzzles 2

Beast Academy Puzzles 2

Author: Chris Page

Publisher:

Published: 2020-01-31

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781934124499

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Beast Academy Puzzles 2 contains over 400 puzzles in 12 different styles. Every puzzle style is part of the broader Beast Academy level 2 math curriculum. Whether used on their own or as part of the complete Beast Academy curriculum, these puzzles will delight and entertain puzzle solvers of all ages.The puzzles in this book are accessible to anyone with a solid understanding of numbers and good mental addition and subtraction skills as taught in the Beast Academy level 2 series. The difficulty ranges from straightforward puzzles meant to give a feel for how each puzzle works to diabolical stumpers written by world puzzle champion Palmer Mebane.


Mathematical Mysteries

Mathematical Mysteries

Author: Calvin C. Clawson

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-11-09

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1489960805

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A meditation on the beauty and meaning of numbers, exploring mathematical equations, describing some of the mathematical discoveries of the past millennia, and pondering philosophical questions about the relation of numbers to the universe.


Teaching Secondary Mathematics

Teaching Secondary Mathematics

Author: Douglas K. Brumbaugh

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 0805854711

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Grounded in research and theory, this text for secondary mathematics methods courses provides useful models of how concepts typically found in a secondary mathematics curriculum can be delivered, so that students develop a positive attitude about learning and using mathematics in their daily lives.


Maths for Economics

Maths for Economics

Author: Geoffrey Renshaw

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 674

ISBN-13:

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Maths for Economics provides a solid and comprehensive foundation in the mathematical techniques used in economics, beginning by revisiting basic skills in arithmetic, algebra and equation solving and slowly building to more advanced topics.