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1) Amazing math puzzles

Author

Hart-Davis, Adam

Publisher

Sterling Pub

Pub. Date

c1998

Language

English

2) The grapes of math: mind-stretching math riddles

Author

Tang, Greg

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

c2001

Language

English

Description

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Illustrated riddles introduce strategies for solving a variety of math problems in using visual clues.

3) The colossal book of mathematics: classic puzzles, paradoxes, and problems : number theory, algebra, geometry, probability, topology, game theory, infinity, and other topics of recreational mathematics

Author

Gardner, Martin

Publisher

Norton

Pub. Date

2001

Language

English

4) Anno's magic seeds

Author

Anno, Mitsumasa

Publisher

Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

1999, c1995

Language

English

Description

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The reader is asked to perform a series of mathematical operations integrated into the story of a lazy man who plants magic seeds and reaps an increasingly abundant harvest.

5) Logic puzzles

Author

Godwin, Edward

Series

Brain games

Publisher

Windmill Books

Pub. Date

2015.

Language

English

Description

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This wacky, cartoon-style book helps you improve your mental agility. Have a go at solving these logic puzzles. Use your maths skills and powers of deduction to work out the logical answers.

6) More math games and activities from around the world

Author

Zaslavsky, Claudia

Publisher

Chicago Review Press

Pub. Date

c2003

Language

English

Description

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Presents games and other activities from different countries and cultures that teach a variety of basic mathematical concepts.

7) Wheels, life, and other mathematical amusements

Author

Gardner, Martin

Publisher

W.H. Freeman

Pub. Date

c1983

Language

English

8) Math trek: adventures in the MathZone

Author

Peterson, Ivars

Publisher

John Wiley

Pub. Date

1999

Language

English

Description

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Explores various mathematical concepts--such as knots, fractals, secret codes, and chaos theory--and relates them to everyday life.

9) Intelligence games

Author

Agostini, Franco

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Pub. Date

Language

English

Description

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Translation of: Giochi della intelligenza. More than 100 brain teasers, board games, riddles, puzzles, and games involving memory, logic, words, and numbers to test judgment and creativity.

10) Mathemania

Author

Blum, Raymond

Publisher

Sterling Pub. Co

Pub. Date

c2001

Language

English

Description

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A collection of "number-magic tricks," including mind reading, card tricks, psychic predictions, and more that can be performed with no special skills or equipment.