The Bogotá Puzzles

The Bogotá Puzzles

Author: Bernardo Recamán

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2020-10-14

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0486848337

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A Colombian mathematician and professor assembled these 80 brainteasers while living in Bogotá, forming a stimulating collection of word problems, puzzles involving chess pieces, sudoku-style challenges, other math-based diversions. Solutions.


The Bogota Puzzles

The Bogota Puzzles

Author: Bernardo Recamán

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2020-10-14

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 048684241X

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"A Colombian mathematician assembled these eighty brainteasers, forming a stimulating collection of word problems, puzzles involving chess pieces, sudoku-style challenges, and other math-based diversions. The book includes solutions"--


My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles

My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles

Author: Martin Gardner

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-04-10

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 0486320324

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The noted expert selects 70 of his favorite "short" puzzles, including such mind-bogglers as The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, and dozens more involving logic and basic math. Solutions included.


536 Puzzles and Curious Problems

536 Puzzles and Curious Problems

Author: Henry E. Dudeney

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2016-08-17

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 0486796868

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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.


Challenging Math Problems

Challenging Math Problems

Author: Terry Stickels

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2015-10-21

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 0486795535

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This best-of compilation features 101 of the most entertaining and challenging math puzzles ever published. No advanced knowledge of mathematics is necessary, just solid thinking and puzzle-solving skills. Includes complete solutions.


Mathematical Mind-Benders

Mathematical Mind-Benders

Author: Peter Winkler

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2007-08-17

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 1568815077

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Peter Winkler is at it again. Following the enthusiastic reaction to Mathematical Puzzles: A Connoisseur's Collection, Peter has compiled a new collection of elegant mathematical puzzles to challenge and entertain the reader. The original puzzle connoisseur shares these puzzles, old and new, so that you can add them to your own anthology. This book is for lovers of mathematics, lovers of puzzles, lovers of a challenge. Most of all, it is for those who think that the world of mathematics is orderly, logical, and intuitive-and are ready to learn otherwise!


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.


Paradoxes in Mathematics

Paradoxes in Mathematics

Author: Stanley J. Farlow

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2014-04-23

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 048649716X

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Compiled by a prominent educator and author, this volume presents an intriguing mix of mathematical paradoxes — phenomena with surprising outcomes that can be resolved mathematically. Students and puzzle enthusiasts will get plenty of enjoyment mixed with a bit of painless mathematical instruction from 30 conundrums, including The Birthday Paradox, Aristotle's Magic Wheel, and A Greek Tragedy.


Ingenious Mathematical Problems and Methods

Ingenious Mathematical Problems and Methods

Author: Louis A. Graham

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-04-10

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0486282937

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Collection of 100 of the best submissions to a math puzzle column features problems in engineering situations, logic, number theory, and geometry. Most solutions include details of several different methods.


The Puzzling Adventures of Dr. Ecco

The Puzzling Adventures of Dr. Ecco

Author: Dennis Elliott Shasha

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780486296159

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Join math detective in solving nearly 40 puzzles inspired by methods in computer science and mathematics. The Tower of Lego, Odd Doors Problem, Spies and Double Agents, many more. Solutions.