Challenging Puzzles

This book contains a collection of original puzzles of a truly challenging nature. There are 100 problems and games; some may be done within five minutes, while others take considerably longer. Take off to Mars to help a dating agency, or stay closer to home with Snow White and the seven dwarfs. The puzzles are graded according to difficulty, with hints and solutions given towards the end of the book. Cover Back Cover Title Contents Introduction Credits Guide to the puzzles 1. Starters 2. The adventures of the seven dwarfs 3. The isle of Maranga 4. The Martian dating agency and other problems 5. Sports and games 6. Hints 7. Solutions 8. Coda Designed for all recreational mathematicians from the age of 14 upwards. There are 100 puzzles in all, graded according to difficulty, with hints and solutions to most and suggestions for open ended topics where exact solutions are impossible. Ranging from ^IThe Adventures of the Seven Dwarfs^R to ^IThe Martian Dating Agency^R, 100 original challenging problems and games for mathematicians from age 15 on include hints and solutions to most and are graded according to difficulty.