Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 218 pages) : illustrations. |
Series |
Classroom resource materials |
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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. |
Summary |
This is a collection of intriguing mathematical problems and activities linked by common themes that all involve working with objects from our everyday experience. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Subject |
Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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MATHEMATICS -- History & Philosophy.
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Mathematics. (OCoLC)fst01012163
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Genre/Form |
Problems and exercises. (OCoLC)fst01423783
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Other Form: |
Print version: Tanton, James Stuart, 1966- Solve this. Washington, D.C. : Mathematical Association of America, 2001 0883857170 (DLC) 2002278862 (OCoLC)46810266 |
ISBN |
9781614441069 (electronic bk.) |
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1614441065 (electronic bk.) |
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