Amazing Math Puzzles

by Adam Hart-Davis

Discover math puzzles everywhere--in pizzas, mirrors, bicycles, candy, hot dogs--even in pirates' treasure and ancient pyramids! Start simple: imagine you've got six pink socks and six yellow socks in a drawer. How many must you take out to get a pair? Then suppose you've got six pairs of pink gloves and six pairs of yellow ones? Now how many do you have to take out to make sure you've got a pair? Look carefully-the question's harder than you think! You'll be burning up those brain cells in no time--and challenging all your friends to a game of wits.

Genres: Mathematics

94 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 1998

About the author

British photographer, writer and broadcaster.