Intriguing Mathematical Problems
- ISBN-10
- 0486168360
- ISBN-13
- 9780486168364
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-05-23
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Authors
- Oswald Jacoby, William H. Benson
Description
Treasury of challenging brainteasers includes puzzles involving numbers, letters, probability, reasoning, more: The Enterprising Snail, The Fly and the Bicycles, The Lovesick Cockroaches, many others. No advanced math needed. Solutions.
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