Mathemagic
Subtitle: 169 astonishing numerical challenges
By: Raymond Blum [and others]
Publisher: Sterling
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781402788086; 9781402781056
Subjects: Mathematical recreations
Description: This enormous volume of maths puzzles will test how sharp readers are with numbers and provide hours of fun. There are mind bogglers of every type - from amazing 'magic' number tricks to beautiful geometric designs - and plenty of them too! This starts with puzzles that are fairly easy and builds up to ones that are really challenging. Tricks and hints provide help along the way that will make the reader look like a whiz!
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Glossary; title: Tricks of the trade; title: Child's play?; title: Magical math; title: Great math challenges; title: Answers.