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Puzzles in Math and Logic by Aaron J. Friedland
100 original problems in math and logic, featuring permutations, combinations, properties of numbers, algebra, solid and plane geometry, logic, and probability. Although only high school math is needed to solve these problems, even accomplished mathematicians are likely to find some surprises here. Complete and ingenious solutions provided for all problems. 31 drawings.
Table of Contents for Puzzles in Math and Logic
| 1. Poker Hands | | 2. 100 Digits | | 3. The Chess Match | | 4. The Professor's Telephone Number | | 5. Houses and Wells | | 6. Four Points | | 7. The Case of the Curious Cube | | 8. Hexagons | | 9. An Unusual Number | | 10. Tossing Coins | | 11. The Chess Game | | 12. Father and Son | | 13. The Gambler | | 14. John's Cousins | | 15.-23. Multiplications | | 24. Dissecting the Chessboard | | 25. Foul Play | | 26. Weather Report | | 27. What Price Lunch? | | 28. Digits Equal Power | | 29. Additions | | 30. Additional Additions | | 31. Square Patterns | | 32. A Bag of Marbles | | 33. Ellipse | | 34. Another Curious Cube | | 35. The Race for the Division Championship | | 36. A Group of Numbers | | 37. Two Additions | | 38. Regarding Truth and Lies | | 39. Five Weights | | 40. Fewest Weighings | | 41.-51. More Additions | | 52. Another Chess Game | | 53. The Perfect Square | | 54. Object in Motion | | 55. Angles | | 56. The Better Hand | | 57. Pythagorean Parallelepiped | | 58. The Two-Tone Cube | | 59. The Baseball Season | | 60. Roulette | | 61. The Number Ring | | 62. The Poker Game | | 63.-64. More Multiplications | | 65. Area of Annulus | | 66. More Truth and Lies | | 67. Rows of Bushes | | 68. The Tenth Power | | 69. Card Trick | | 70.-76. Still More Multiplications | | 77. The Department Store | | 78. Half a Chessboard | | 79. The Chess Tournament | | 80. The Lock | | 81. Trees | | 82. Reducing the Fraction | | 83. Having a Ball | | 84. More Baseball | | 85. The Solar System | | 86. Hexagonal Numbers | | 87. Water Pipes | | 88. The Investment Counselor | | 89. Factors | | 90. The Cone | | 91. The Philanthropist | | 92. Find the Number | | 93. Apples | | 94. The Three-Way Duel | | 95. 7 + 8 = 12 | | 96. Presidents | | 97. The Three-Way Race | | 98. Cities | | 99. Still More Truth and Lies | | 100. Lucky Thirteen |
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