| Description |
vi, 130 p. : ill. ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- 1. Matchstick triangles -- 2. A tricky river crossing -- 3. The baffled engine driver -- 4. Make your own dice -- 5. Map folding -- 6. The ingenious milkman -- 7. Pawns on a chessboard -- 8. Avoid three (a game for two players) -- 9. Two halves make a whole -- 10. Cubism -- 11. Matchstick squares -- 12. Curves of pursuit (a geometric construction) -- 13. The misguided missiles (an extension of 12) -- 14. Pattern -- 15. The army's predicament -- 16. The farmer's sheep-pens -- 17. The knight's dance -- 18. The railway sidings -- 19. The multi-coloured cube -- 20. The jealous husbands -- 21. The extension lead -- 22. Hex (a game for two players) -- 23. The square, cross and circle -- 24. The Mb̲ius band (a practical activity) -- 25. The economical gardener -- 26. How many triangles can you see? -- 27. The unfriendly power-boats -- 28. The knight-guards -- 29. Reserving the trains -- 30. Quadruplets -- 31. Complete the square -- 32. Roll a penny -- 33. The growing network (a game for two players) -- 34. Traversibility -- 35. Impossible rotations! -- 36. The hunter -- 37. Four points in a plane -- 38. The letter dice -- 39. The queen's defence -- 40. Seeing is believing -- 41. Inspecting the roads -- 42. Dominoes on a chessboard -- 43. Zigzag (a game for two players) -- 44. Knight's tours -- 45. Sawing up a cube -- 46. The improbable hole -- 47. Identical twins -- 48. The four-colour theorem -- 49. Mystifying matchsticks -- 50. Equilateral triangle to square -- 51. Squaring the urn -- 52. The baffled housewife -- 53. Invert the triangle -- 54. Avoid that snooker -- 55. Squares (a game for two players) -- 56. The hungry bookworm -- 57. Place the motorway junction -- 58. Space filling -- 59. Curves from intersecting circles (attractive geometrical constructions) -- 60. A lover's ultimatum! -- 61. Only four lines -- 62. How fast can you cycle? -- 63. The bob-sleigh run -- 64. Know your vowels -- 65. Games on a pegboard for one to play -- 66. Two of a kind -- 67. Colouring a cube -- 68. Problems of single line working -- 69. Two at a time -- 70. Heads and tails -- 71. Square a Greek cross -- 72. The fuel delivery -- 73. Fair shares -- 74. Coin magic -- 75. The persistent frog -- 76. Tidy that bookshelf! -- 77. Cutting up a circle -- 78. Square relations -- 79. The numerate gardener -- 80. Magic triangles -- 81. Number patterns -- 82. Surprising subtractions -- 83. How large a number can you get? -- 84. Four 4s -- 85. What was the sum? -- 86. Calculator words -- 87. A calculator crossword -- 88. A mining bonanza -- 89. Hundreds, tens and units -- 90. Magic circles -- 91. Prelude to a marathon -- 92. Find the digits -- 93. Dr Numerati's telephone number -- 94. Make a century -- 95. Number wheels -- 96. Some calculator challenges -- 97. Division patterns -- 98. Some named numbers -- 99. Magic stars -- 100. Safety first -- 101. The gambler's secret strategy -- 102. The transportation problem -- 103. Further number patterns -- 104. Pythagorean triads -- 105. Intriguing multiplications -- 106. A magic diamond -- 107. Palindromic dates -- 108. 'Mind reading' number cards (a number trick to make and use) -- 109. 3 x 3 magic squares -- 110. 4 x 4 and higher order magic squares -- 111. A magic cube -- 112. A question of balance -- 113. Further calculator challenges -- 114. A weighing problem -- 115. Similar rectangles -- 116. Designing a new dartboard -- 117. The only magic hexagon -- 118. Nim (a game for two players) -- 119. Triangulating a square -- 120. Who is 'it'? -- 121. Find the cards on the table -- 122. Dividing the inheritance -- 123. The end of the world! -- 124. The sponsored marathon -- 125. The effect of inflation -- 126. Octogenarian occupations -- 127. Tails up! -- 128. Dovetailed -- 129. More matchstick mindbenders -- 130. Bridging the river |
| Analysis |
Mathematical puzzles - Collections |
| Notes |
(Rept. copy) |
| Subject |
Mathematical recreations
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Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs
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Jeux mathématiques.
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Mathematical recreations.
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| Genre/Form |
Puzzles and games.
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Puzzles and games.
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| LC no. |
84003219 |
| ISBN |
0521269806 (pbk.) |
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