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Do the Math!: Math Challenges to Exercise Your Mind Paperback - 2015

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Author: Pappas, Theoni
ISBN: 9781884550744

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Kick start your brain with Do the math! math challenges that exercise those gray cells. Whether it's a computation problem, problems involving advanced equations, or challenges that use plain old logic, this book makes you use math.

Problems are provocative and engage your curiosity. The challenges cover a range of math problems, which tantalize, challenge, and amuse. Sometimes math skills help you solve them, other times you may rely on logic.

Do the math! is designed so that if you get stuck you can turn to its hint section.

Each challenge also comes with an in-depth solution, found in the solution section.

Problem solving fuels imagination and creativity. These 99 challenges stimulate your brain, challenge your wits, and increase your confidence. With each solution you experience a sense of accomplishment. And the challenges that you don't solve provide new insights on how to approach various new problems. By the end of Do the math! your mathematical toolkit is enhanced.

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Title Do the Math!: Math Challenges to Exercise Your Mind
Author Theoni Pappas
Binding Paperback
Pages 224
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Wide World Publishing
Publication date 2015-02
Illustrated Yes
ISBN 9781884550744 / 1884550746
Weight 0.47 lbs (0.21 kg)
Dimensions 6 x 4.5 x 0.6 in (15.24 x 11.43 x 1.52 cm)
Age range 11 to UP years
Grade levels 6 - UP
Category Children's All Ages - Mathematics
Library of Congress subjects Puzzles, Educational games
Dewey Decimal Code 793.7

About the author

Theoni Pappas is passionate about mathematics. A native Californian, Pappas received her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1966 and her M.A. from Stanford University in 1967. She taught high school and college mathematics for nearly two decades, then turned to writing a remarkable series of innovative books which reflect her commitment to demystifying mathematics and making the subject more approachable. Through her pithy, nonthreatening and easily comprehensible style, she breaks down mathematical prejudices and barriers to help one realize that mathematics is a dynamic world of fascinating ideas that can be easily accessible to the layperson.

Her math calendars and over 18 math books appeal to both young and adult audiences alike. Three of her books have been Book-of-the Month Club selections, and her Joy of Mathematics was selected as a Pick of the Paperbacks. Her books have been translated into Japanese, Finnish, French, Slovakian, Czech, Korean, Turkish, Russian, Thai, simplified and traditional Chinese, Portuguese, Italian, Vietnamese, and Spanish.

In 2000 Pappas received the Excellence in Achievement Award from the University of California Alumni Association for her work on books and other innovative products that deal with mathematics. She lives in Palo Alto, CA.

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