“The more than 40 challenging puzzles…would intrigue younger gifted students and support a problem-of-the-week activity and home practice for older students. Each spread presents a word problem opposite a vibrant illustration that facilitates solutions. The answer section is especially valuable….Young mathematicians will find this book stimulating while teachers will enjoy its many uses.”—ISchool Library Journal./IBRBRIf a bowling club can only get a lane on the fifth Saturday of every month, how many times in a year will it meet? Can you figure out the next number in this row of seemingly unconnected figures (1, 8, 11, 69, 88, 96, 101.)? How many cuts would it take to saw a chessboard into 64 separate pieces? You don’t have to be a mathematician to get hooked on these stimulating braintwisters–to find the solutions, all you need is a good dose of logic or the simplest school arithmetic. To add a little more pleasure to the puzzles, every real-life problem unfolds in small, interesting stories about friends and families as they go about their daily activities. And, they’re all wittily illustrated, too! From calculating the price of lollipops to working out the size of a pond in a village park, this is pure number fun!BRBRMore than 40 math puzzles for people who like to rack their brains. These mind games are challenging, but it doesn’t take advanced calculus to solve them. Each interesting story about everyday life poses a stimulating question for you to answer. Who is the thief from the physics study group who stole the teacher’s wallet? On a trip to the monkey cages, how many peanuts did the children have in their bag? Find out inside…BRBR