The Complete Book of Fun Maths

The idea of this book is to help build confidence with maths via a series of tests and puzzles. After a gentle 'warm-up' section, the puzzles and tests get progressively more challenging over the course of the book. There is a hints section for readers who get stuck, as well as a complete set of answers for every test at the back of the book. After the 'warm-up' section, there are puzzles and tests on 'lateral thinking', 'fun with numbers', 'logic puzzles', 'geometrical puzzles' and 'difficult puzzles'. Readers will soon become familiar and comfortable with a range of tricks and tests, from magic number squares to Fibonacci numbers.

The idea of this book is to help build confidence with maths via aseries of tests and puzzles. After a gentle 'warm-up'section, the puzzles and tests get progressively more challengingover the course of the book. There is a hints section forreaders who get stuck, as well as a complete set of answers forevery test at the back of the book.After the 'warm-up' section, there are puzzles and tests on'lateral thinking', 'fun with numbers', 'logic puzzles''geometrical puzzles' and 'difficult puzzles'. Readers will soonbecome familiar and comfortable with a range of tricks and testsfrom magic number squares to Fibonacci numbers.

ContentsIntroduction 1Section 1 Puzzles, tricks and tests 3Chapter 1 The work out 5Chapter 2 Think laterally 15Chapter 3 Test your numerical IQ 20Chapter 4 Funumeration 38Chapter 5 Think logically 54Chapter 6 The logic of gambling and probability 60Chapter 7 Geometrical puzzles 64Chapter 8 Complexities and curiosities 71Section 2 Hints, answers and explanations 87Hints 89Answers and explanations 94Section 3 Glossary and data 143Glossary 145Data 152Section 4 Appendices 157Appendix 1 Fibonacci and nature's use of space 159Appendix 2 Pi 169Appendix 3 Topology and the Mobius strip 170Introduction.Section 1: Puzzles, tricks and tests.Chapter 1: The work out.Chapter 2: Think laterally.Chapter 3: Test your numerical IQ.Chapter 4: Funumeration.Chapter 5: Think logically.Chapter 6: The logic of gambling and probability.Chapter 7: Geometrical puzzles.Chapter 8: Complexities and curiosities.Section 2: Hints, answers and explanations.Hints.Answers and explanations.Section 3: Glossary and data.Glossary.Data.Section 4: Appendices.Appendix 1: Fibonacci and nature's use of space.Appendix 2: Pi.Appendix 3: Topology and the Mobius strip.