My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles
The noted expert and longtime author of Scientific American's Mathematical Games column selects 70 of his favorite "short" puzzles. Enthusiasts can challenge their skills with such mind-bogglers as The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, Bronx vs. Brooklyn, and dozens more involving logic and basic math. Complete solutions included.
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The noted expert selects 70 of his favorite "short" puzzles. Includes The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, and dozens more. Complete solutions included.
1. The Returning Explorer2. Draw Poker3. The Mutilated Chessboard4. The Fork in the Road5. Scrambled Box Tops6. Cutting the Cube7. Bronx vs. Brooklyn8. The Early Commuter9. The Counterfeit Coins10. The Touching Cigarettes11. Two Ferryboats12. Guess the Diagonal13. Cross the Network14. The 12 Matches15. Hole in the Sphere16. The Amorous Bugs17. How Many Children?18. The Twiddled Bolts19. The Flight around the World20. The Repetitious Number21. The Colliding Missiles22. The Sliding Pennies23. Handshakes and Networks24. The Triangular Duel25. Crossing the Desert26. Lord Dunsany's Chess Problem27. The Lonesome 828. Dividing the Cake29. The Folded Sheet30. Water and Wine31. The Absent-Minded Teller32. Acute Dissection33. "How Long Is a "Lunar"?"34. The Game of Googol35. Marching Cadets and a Trotting Dog36. "White, Black and Brown"37. The Plane in the Wind38. What Price Pets?39. The Game of Hip40. A Switching Puzzle41. Beer Signs on the Highway42. The Sliced Cube and the Sliced Doughnut43. Bisecting Yin and Yang44. The Blue-Eyed Sisters45. How Old Is the Rose-Red City?46. Tricky Track47. Termite and 27 Cubes48. Collating the Coins49. Time the Toast50. A Fixed-Point Theorem51. How Did Kant Set His Clock?52. Playing Twenty Questions when Probability Values Are Known53. Don't Mate in One54. Find the Hexahedrons55. Out with the Onion56. Cut Down the Cuts57. Dissection Dilemma58. Interrupted Bridge59. Dash It All!60. Move the Queen61. Read the Hieroglyphics62. Crazy Cut63. Find the Oddball64. Big Cross-Out Swindle65. Reverse the Dog66. Funny FoldAnswers
