The Complete Book of Fun Maths

250 Confidence-boosting Tricks, Tests and Puzzles
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-470-87091-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 135 mm x 215 mm, Gewicht: 234 g

Reihe: The IQ Workout Series

The idea of this book is to help build confidence with maths via a series of tests and puzzles. After a gentle 'warm-up' section, the puzzles and tests get progressively more challenging over the course of the book. There is a hints section for readers who get stuck, as well as a complete set of answers for every test at the back of the book.

After the 'warm-up' section, there are puzzles and tests on 'lateral thinking', 'fun with numbers', 'logic puzzles', 'geometrical puzzles' and 'difficult puzzles'. Readers will soon become familiar and comfortable with a range of tricks and tests, from magic number squares to Fibonacci numbers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carter, Philip

Russell, Ken

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1

Section 1 Puzzles, tricks and tests 3
Chapter 1 The work out 5
Chapter 2 Think laterally 15
Chapter 3 Test your numerical IQ 20
Chapter 4 Funumeration 38
Chapter 5 Think logically 54
Chapter 6 The logic of gambling and probability 60
Chapter 7 Geometrical puzzles 64
Chapter 8 Complexities and curiosities 71

Section 2 Hints, answers and explanations 87
Hints 89
Answers and explanations 94

Section 3 Glossary and data 143
Glossary 145
Data 152

Section 4 Appendices 157
Appendix 1 Fibonacci and nature's use of space 159
Appendix 2 Pi 169
Appendix 3 Topology and the Mobius strip 170

Über Autor(innen)

Philip Carter and Ken Russell are UK MENSA Puzzle Editors and have compiled over 100 books on all aspects of testing, puzzles and crosswords. Visit The Enigmatic World of Philip Carter at www.knowl.demon.co.uk