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Puzzles, Mazes and Numbers Charles Snape

Puzzles, Mazes and Numbers By Charles Snape

Puzzles, Mazes and Numbers by Charles Snape

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Summary

This book consists of most of the material from How puzzling, How amazing and How many? by the same authors. It contains fascinating information about numbers and mazes, both historical and modern, with a large number of puzzles, problems and investigational activities. There are solutions and hints to some of the problems at the end of the book.

Puzzles, Mazes and Numbers Summary

Puzzles, Mazes and Numbers by Charles Snape

This book consists of most of the material from How puzzling, How amazing and How many? by the same authors. It contains fascinating information about numbers and mazes, both historical and modern, with a large number of puzzles, problems and investigational activities. There are solutions and hints to some of the problems at the end of the book.

Puzzles, Mazes and Numbers Reviews

"The language and illustrations make this book accessible to anyone over the age of ten. It would be a valuable resource for parents who would like to explore mathematics with their children....Puzzles, Mazes and Numbers is a practical collection of classic mathematical ideas to have at one's fingertips." Lynn Gordon Calvert, Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School

Table of Contents

One, two and many; Papyrus puzzle; Theseus and the minotaur; Church mazes; Crossing the river; Hindu number system; Curiouser and curiouser; Sam Loyd; Henry Ernest Dudeney; Puzzling reality; Moving; Really big numbers; Base two; Problems of Babylon; Puzzling paths; Chessboard pieces; Problem pieces; Weights and measures; Pythagorean triples and triangles; Counting on; Networks; Letters for Greeks; The Chinese triangle; Inside or outside; Ways with numbers; Paradoxes; Diophantine problems; Diophantine day; A page of pi; Inventing mazes; Arabian mathematics; How many ways?; Strings and knots; The mathematical mansion; Why do they work?; Number shapes; Celtic knots; Colourful puzzles; Cryptarithms; Chinese puzzle; Paths and points; Further ways ; Puzzle mazes; Calculate it!; Three in a row; Island routes; Curious squares; Number patterns; Miz mazes; The Maya; Liars, hats and logic; Puzzle your way in; Hedge mazes; Terces pot; Problems with primes; Adventure maze; Sets and spots; Puzzling cubes; On average; Maze games; More puzzling mazes; The path to infinity; Solutions and hints; A page of numbers

Additional information

GOR002316661
9780521465007
0521465001
Puzzles, Mazes and Numbers by Charles Snape
Charles Snape
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
1995-07-27
128
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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