Two friends wish to meet for breakfast twice a month throughout the year. In how many ways can they choose those two days so that they never meet on consecutive days? You want to measure 30 seconds and you have two pieces of string, each of which burns for 40 seconds. How can you accomplish this without bending, folding, or cutting the strings? A positive whole number is divisible by 3 and also by 5. When the number is divided by 7, the remainder is 5. What is the smallest number that could work? These are but a few of this book's assembly of the most challenging puzzles imaginable?and they require no background in higher math, just good thinking skills. Terry Stickels, a well-known puzzle-maker, has compiled 101 of Dover Publications' best and most entertaining problems. All of the challenges, which range from probability puzzles to dice games, have two things in common: each offers the ""Aha!"" moment of discovery that puzzle-solvers love, and they're all fun. Complete solutions for all puzzles explain every detail.
| ISBN: | 9780486795539 |
| Publication date: | 25th February 2016 |
| Author: | Terry H Stickels |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications an imprint of Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 96 pages |
| Series: | Dover Books on Mathematics |
| Genres: |
Mathematics |
Two friends wish to meet for breakfast twice a month throughout the year. In how many ways can they choose those two days so that they never meet on consecutive days? You want to measure 30 seconds and you have two pieces of string, each of which burns for 40 seconds. How can you accomplish this without bending, folding, or cutting the strings? A positive whole number is divisible by 3 and also by 5. When the number is divided by 7, the remainder is 5. What is the smallest number that could work? These are but a few of this book's assembly of the most challenging puzzles imaginable?and they require no background in higher math, just good thinking skills. Terry Stickels, a well-known puzzle-maker, has compiled 101 of Dover Publications' best and most entertaining problems. All of the challenges, which range from probability puzzles to dice games, have two things in common: each offers the ""Aha!"" moment of discovery that puzzle-solvers love, and they're all fun. Complete solutions for all puzzles explain every detail.
Challenging Math Problems features in the following genres: Mathematics
Challenging Math Problems is available in Paperback
Challenging Math Problems was written by Terry H Stickels and published by Dover Publications an imprint of Dover Publications Inc.
Challenging Math Problems has 96 pages
Yes it is part of Dover Books on Mathematics series
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