| Description |
xiii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Classroom resource materials.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index. |
| Contents |
Activities and problem statements. Distribution dilemmas -- Weird shapes -- Counting on the odds ... and evens -- Dicing slicing and avoiding bad bits -- 'Impossible' paper tricks -- Tiling challenges -- Things that won't fall down -- Mobius madness : tortuous twists on a classic theme -- Infamous bicycle problem -- Making surfaces in 3 and 4 dimensional space -- Paradoxes in probability theory -- Don't turn around just once! -- It's all in a square -- Bagel math -- Capturing chaos -- Who has the advantage? -- Laundry math -- Get knotted -- Tiling and walking -- Automata antics -- Bubble trouble -- Halves and doubles -- Playing with playing cards -- Map mechanics -- Weird lotteries -- Flipped out -- Parts that do not add up to their whole -- Making the sacrifice -- Problems in parity -- Chessboard maneuvers -- Hints, some solutions and further thoughts. Solutions and discussions. |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Mathematical recreations.
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| Added Title |
Math activities for students and clubs |
| ISBN |
0883857170 (pbk.) |
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