Amazing Math Puzzles

by Adam Hart-Davis, Jeff Sinclair (Illustrations)

Discover math puzzles everywhere--in pizzas, mirrors, bicycles, candy, hot dogs--and also ancient pyramids, pirates' treasure, and a witch's cauldron. These 82 tantalizing examples will work your brain cells and stump your friends. Solve this if you have six pairs of pink gloves and six pairs of yellow ones in your drawer, how many do you have to take out to make sure you've got a pair? ( 13--don't forget left and right! )

Genres: Mathematics

96 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 1998

About the author

British photographer, writer and broadcaster.