Time for brainstorming

Derrick Niedman has used the basics of mathematics to conceptualise interesting puzzles.

Math puzzles
Derrick Neideman
Orient Papaerbacks
2005
General
Pages: 93
Price: Rs 50
ISBN: 8122203450
Paperback

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From the book:

Three students have a box of candy they wish to share. Upon opening the first box, they count the number of candies inside and realize they can't share them equally. The same thing happened with the second box, although the first box contains 10 more candies than the first.

About the book:

Maths might be a dreaded subject but its puzzles are surely loved and Orient Paperbacks is trying to bank on this idea. Orient has packaged 100 brainteasers in its new book called Math Puzzles. The puzzles have been conceptualised by Derrick Neideman. The book's cover is very simple but attractive and mentions a clever brain teaser on its back, which is a preview to its contents.

The book begins with a short introduction by the author followed by the brain storming session and finally the answers. In fact, answers form almost half of the book's bulk. Though the cover clearly mentions about maths puzzles but the books has some general puzzles too. Consider this: How many odd three digit numbers are there?

Some of the puzzles are based on diagrams, pictures and maps and the kids are expected to deduce the results according to the picture. This breaks the monotony of the tricky session and the young readers will surely find such puzzles more interesting. Niedman has also used the basics of mathematics in the puzzles. Some of the questions are based on Venn diagrams, algebraic equations, arithmetic series and so on. This probably has been done to test and retain the children's interest in maths.