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Who knew that math could be so cool? Crammed with games,puzzles, and trivia, The Everything® Kids’ Math Puzzles Book puts thefun back into playing with numbers!

Inside, you’ll be able to:
·Decode hidden messages using Roman numerals
·Connect the dots using simple addition and subtraction
·Learn to create magic number squares
·Use division to answer musical riddles
·Match the profession to numerical license plates

If you have any fear of math—or are just tired of sitting in a classroom—The Everything® Kids’ Math Puzzles Book provides hours of entertainment. You’ll get so caught up in the activities you won’t even know you’re learning! ... Read more

Customer Reviews (9)

Fun!My son loves it!
I think it's a great book. My son has spent hours doing the puzzles in the book.Anything that keeps his attention is great in my book!

The Everything Kids Math Puzzles Book:Brain Teasers, Games, and Activities for Hours of Fun
If anyone is interested in Math at an early age, this is the book to purchase.Parents, Grandparents, etc., even older brothers and sisters, can certainly help their younger siblings and they (the older ones) may learn something new as well.

For Someone who is tallented in math.
I bought this book for my math tallented 8years old son. He really enjoys this book and hopes there is another book like this. I recommend this book for someone who really enjoys the math but does not have academic attention from school.

great range of items
My son loves this book, it makes various math concepts like pi fun and engaging. ALthough they are not traditional "word" math problems, it integrates the verbal set up nicely.

student challenge
I have use the contents of this book to send home challenges with students in the monthly newsletter.Some of the students come back asking for different challenges.This is a great book with different congitive challenges. ... Read more

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Number puzzles, spatial/visual puzzles, cryptograms, Sudoku, Kokuro, logic puzzles, and word games like Frame Games are all a great way to teach math and problem-solving skills to elementary and middle school students. In these two new collections, puzzle master Terry Stickels provides puzzles and brain games that range from simple to challenging and are organized by grade level and National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) content areas. Each book offers over 300 brain games that will help students learn core math concepts and develop critical thinking skills. The books include a wide range of puzzle types and cover a variety of math topics, from fractions and geometry to probability and algebra. ... Read more

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A Student Pleasing Book
I teach at an urban school where academics typically aren't high on the priority list of most of my students. Using problems from this book, my students enjoy learning Math.I'll post a random problem and left it up to see who can guess it. There have been some interesting guesses before they get to the correct one, but it interesting to see how they come up with their solutions. It definitely makes them think.Worth getting if you are looking for a book to get your students interested in Math.

Excellent resource for teaching logic and thinking skills
Someone once said, "Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation of the practical side of logic."

Logic IS practical. By developing skills in logic, your child will not only improve math skills, but he or she will also learn important problem-solving skills. Problem-solving skills will help your child at school, home and work.

Math Puzzles and Brainteasers is the tool you need to help teach these important logic skills; and best of all, it's FUN! The book includes more than 300 math puzzles and critical thinking activities such as word puzzles, Sudoku, analogies, and cryptograms. Also included are word problems that cover subjects such as money, time, and measurements.

There's something for everyone, regardless of skill level. The math brainteasers require skills ranging from simple adding and subtracting to determining probability and algebraic thinking. And the answers, included in the back of the book, encourage students to redo the problem until they get the correct answer.

Besides being fun, Math Puzzles and Brainteasers provides practice in IQ-testing skills, which may earn your student a college scholarship! And who doesn't need that! ... Read more

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Noted expert selects 70 "short" puzzles. The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, and 67 more. Solutions included.
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Fun book to bring on vacation
This is a must bring when you go on vacation and just need some time to chill at the beach or at the end of a busy day, in between day and evening plans. If you happen to be interviewing in the technical fields you may run across interviewers that ask brain teasers. You'll find many of those problemsin this book. For technical interviewing this makes a good study guide. I have collected quite a few puzzle books and was never fully satisfied with any of them until I heard about the authoer and decided to pick up one his books. The puzzles are all differnt from each other, ranging from word problems to geometry problems.The solutions given are very complete and actually take up the largest emphasis.

Very good puzzles book
I didn't expect much from a 5-dollar book, but I was pleasantly surprised. Other reviewers have already covered the quality of the book, so I won't go into those details, but I have the following suggestion for you.

Store this item in your wishlist and use it when you need a filler item to qualify for free shipping.

Highly recommend the book.

Don't waste your money
While the puzzles are intriguing and thought-provoking, the solutions don't explain how the answers were reached.I was highly disappointed.

Great bathroom reading!
Very nice.I like the old-fashioned approach (I think the author has been writing books like this since the 1960s) and the problems are interesting and varied; most of them you can do in your head (hence an ideal "bathroom book") but some do make you break out the pencil and paper just to double-check.Highly recommended for interested people who studied Maths to around age 18 or beyond.

Good for warming up your brain.
Nice collection of puzzles with varying difficulties, which do not require any special knowledge of mathematics. ... Read more

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Number puzzles, spatial/visual puzzles, cryptograms, Sudoku, Kokuro, logic puzzles, and word games like Frame Games are all a great way to teach math and problem-solving skills to elementary and middle school students. In these two new collections, puzzle master Terry Stickels provides puzzles and brain games that range from simple to challenging and are organized by grade level and National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) content areas. Each book offers over 300 brain games that will help students learn core math concepts and develop critical thinking skills. The books include a wide range of puzzle types and cover a variety of math topics, from fractions and geometry to probability and algebra. ... Read more

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Excellent resource for teaching logic and thinking skills
Someone once said, "Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation of the practical side of logic."

Logic IS practical. By developing skills in logic, your child will not only improve math skills, but he or she will also learn important problem-solving skills. Problem-solving skills will help your child at school, home and work.

Math Puzzles and Brainteasers is the tool you need to help teach these important logic skills; and best of all, it's FUN! The book includes more than 300 math puzzles and critical thinking activities such as word puzzles, Sudoku, analogies, and cryptograms. Also included are word problems that cover subjects such as money, time, and measurements.

There's something for everyone, regardless of skill level. The math brainteasers require skills ranging from simple adding and subtracting to determining probability and algebraic thinking. And the answers, included in the back of the book, encourage students to redo the problem until they get the correct answer.

Besides being fun, Math Puzzles and Brainteasers provides practice in IQ-testing skills, which may earn your student a college scholarship! And who doesn't need that! ... Read more

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Nice little hobby
The puzzle are not too difficult but a little challenging at the same time. It is nice as a hobby or to exercise your mind. It's a good buy!

Good, challenging puzzles
This has challenging puzzles, but their lacking the "fun" and intrigue that some other books contain.

A great workout!
A great book for those of you who are preparing for a puzzle competition and are looking for an exercise book (as I was when I bought this one). Despite it is only 96 pages, it has a great variety of puzzles, mostly contest types.

There are around 10 to 20 puzzles of each type, and these are:

- Alternate corners
- Battleships (classic, crowded, hexagonal, minesweeper, numerical, ocean view, semicircular)
- Corral
- Deja Vu
- Dominoes (domino hunt)
- Eminent domain
- End View (like ABCD)
- Fences (including big field fences and pentomino fences)
- Hex Loops
- Lighthouses
- Minesweeper
- Number place
- Nurikabe
- Oxtails
- Clouds
- Skyscrapers (only the 'number of buildings' type)
- Snaky tiles
- Spiral galaxies
- Spokes
- Square Roots
- Tents

The level of difficulty is pretty good, at least for the puzzles I tried.
The only drawback is that most of the puzzles are too small, especially the Fences. I've seen books where the puzzles on the answer pages are bigger than these ones. It's not like they are so small that makes it impossible to work them out, but still pretty small. What I'm doing on other books and will on that one too is to scan the puzzles, cut the white spaces and print them back again on larger sheets. This way you are not ruining your book when drawing and erasing and you can print (and solve) certain pages as many times as you like.

Highly recommended.

Best Puzzle Book I've Ever Worked!
If you love puzzles, this book is a **must have**! This is hands down the best puzzle book I have ever worked. There is a wide variety of puzzles and they are all unique, not your standard logic problems. Prepare to be challenged, these puzzles are definitely for the puzzle solver at heart! What a great mental workout! ... Read more

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Combines two previously published works, resulting in ninety-three brain-teasing puzzles, riddles, and questions with an emphasis on humor. ... Read more

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good fine fun
9-12 years old is just right for this book.Some of the puzzles seem overly simple, but for the most part they were just challenging enough.Throughout the book there are puzzles that have a surprising twist or are satisfyingly tricky, making this book worth a look.

fun, thought-provokimg
My grandkids love this book and spend alot of time in it.
A great summertime activity when it's too hot to go outside.

Great for a precocious 7 year old
Great for my seven-year old grandson who loves puzzles, jokes and riddles. While much in this book is above him at the moment, he will grow into it. And what he can do now, is challenging and completely engaging. He especially liked a puzzle that asked him to find the differences between two drawings. Unlike the usual challenge in this type of exercise, the two drawings were mirror images where he had to distinguish between things on the left reflected as things on the right. He loved it!

very poor
DID ANYONE CHECK THIS BOOK OUT BEFORE IT WAS PUBLISHED?THE FIRST HALF OF THE BOOK DOES NOT MATCH THE ANSWERS.WHAT A WASTE OF$7.95. I WILL BE VERY CAREFUL THE NEXT TIME I BUY BOOKS.THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A GIFT AND I JUST HAPPEN TO LOOK INSIDE.VERY POOR PRINTING.

Super
Martin Gardner is the best and most entertaining puzzler around.You will enjoy this book. ... Read more

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Most popular Russian puzzle book ever published. Marvelously varied puzzles ranging from simple "catch" riddles to difficult problems. Lavishly illustrated with clear diagrams and amusing sketches. Edited for English-readers, while retaining warmth and charm of original. Inexpensive edition of first English translation. Introduction by Martin Gardner. 425 line illustrations. Solutions.
Amazon.com Review
This book has been a classic in the former Soviet Union sinceit was first published in 1956, and it remains just as entertainingtoday. A master at making math fun for his high school students, BorisKordemsky loaded this clever collection with a wide variety of mathand logic related games and puzzles dealing with magic squares, trickyweights and measures, properties of numbers, mathematical tricks, andmore.Number and math game fans are bound to find several newamusements here. Even many of the well-known classics from generationspast take on new life with the fresh twists Kordemsky provides. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (13)

Jewel of math history!
This book, literally, is one of the best puzzle books ever published in history, capturing the world's greatest, most classic math problems and concepts!
The puzzles range from simple brain-busters to in-depth number theories, so there are puzzles for mathematicians at any age and level.

As usual, Gardner rocks
No surprise. If you knew Gardner in the "good times" when he wrote in Scientific American you will have no surprise. Very good book for enjoyment when in a warm afternoon in a hammock.

In Soviet Russia, the puzzle solves you
In Soviet Russia, the puzzles are also converted into practical problems involving steel working, railways and Young Pioneers (well, not all). But as with many older books (and also Soviet books), what they gain in a certain charm or obscurity, they lose in clarity or straightforwardness of presentation. So that you could make many problems at least 10-30% easier to decipher just be rewriting the descriptions.

I haven't read that many puzzle books yet, but this is probably my second favorite so far. My favorite is: Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities.

Funny, challenging, and well written!
I bought this book while working as a gifted children teacher. I liked it so much that I used to keep it in my car and solve riddles whenever I had to wait for someone. It is a great resource for all teachers; children are suddenly made quiet when you present a puzzle to them.

I especially like the stick puzzles, where you can distribute a number of matches to students (by the way, it works with kids, teenagers and adults alike) and give them a puzzle. The advantage of this kind of puzzle is that you can give additional tasks to those fast-solvers; you do not have a story behind it.

The organization of the book is excellent; it is divided by difficulty levels as well as by type of puzzle. For example, you have different levels of geometry problems and of sticks problems.

Great book!

very good
despite of difficulty, I love it because there are various good problems
Thanks you ... Read more

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Make developing basic math skills fun and painless

With this great collection of over 125 easy-to-use games, puzzles, and activities, teachers and parents can help kids comprehend fundamental math concepts, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, place value, fractions, and more. All games and puzzles use easy-to-find household items such as paper and pencil, playing cards, coins, and dice. The activities also help children develop problem-solving skills, such as testing hypotheses, creating strategies, and organizing information, as well as spatial relations skills, part-to-whole skills, and memory.

Michael Schiro, EdD (Chestnut Hill, MA), is an associate professor at the School of Education at Boston College. He is the author of several books on teaching and learning math and is a frequent presenter at local and national math conferences. ... Read more

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Good Ideas for Games
As a third grade teacher, I found that most of the games were very appropriate for my students. Some games required more preparation and creation of materials, which is why I gave the book 4 out of 5 stars. Otherwise, I think this is a great book! Students will enjoy playing these games and learn a lot too! ... Read more

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very good book to have fun
This book is upto my expecations.There are very good math puzzles, both educational and entertaining.

Good problems for fourth and fifth graders
I recently purchased this book for my children in third and fourth grade and I am glad that I did. The puzzles really challenge them, although some are a bit more than they can handle. While the solutions are given in the book, they are not allowed to look at them until I am completely convinced that they will not get the answer. However, I do give them plenty of clues before that option is exercised.
Some of the problems are classics, for example selecting socks until you have a matching pair and drawing figures without lifting a pencil are problems that I did in grade school many years ago. My favorite problem in this book is the one that is illustrative of the growth of powers. It involves a million sugar cubes each a half inch in width. Making a cube out of them would create a cube approximately four feet wide, a rectangle would cover a tennis court but a stack would be higher than Everest. Since the first involves the cube root of a million and the second the square root, this demonstrates the significance of squares and cubes in a unique and educational way.
This book is an excellent source of mathematical puzzles for students at the level of fourth or fifth grade. While none of them is really new, they are well-suited for children of that age and all three of mine enjoy them greatly, although they do get frustrated.

Buy this book...it is cool :-)
This book is full of cool math puzzles that you canlearnandamaze your friends! ... Read more

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Very Difficult Puzzles
I own both this and the other "blue" book which also has very similar puzzles.

A few of the puzzle types are deterministic in the sense that you can reason to a solution without any backtracking. For example, the Number Place puzzles (variation of Sudoku) are deterministic in the sense that I described.

However, most of the others puzzles appear to be highly non-deterministic. In these puzzles, you can typically reason to part of the solution but then you need to guess at the next step, follow along until you get a contradiction and then backtrack, or continue until the next guess if you don't hit a contradiction. Maybe I am missing something here, but as I say, most of the puzzles are very complex backtracking problems which are better for computer solution. If in fact I am missing something here and the puzzles are deterministic, I would be grateful for some hints.

Great value
Excellent book covering wide range of puzzles.

It's much like the blue book (Mensa Challenge Your Brain Math & Logic Puzzles) - same authors, format, number of pages, etc. Only the puzzles are different :)

So, you get around 75 pages of mostly well-known puzzles and 20 pages of answers.
There are typically between 8 and 20 puzzles of each type, although there are some extremes such as End View (30 puzzles) and Kakuro (only 6).

The puzzle types are:

- Alternate corners
- Battleships (classic, lighthouses variant, minesweeper variant)
- Black and White
- Cross Sums (Kakuro)
- Dominoes (Domino Hunt)
- End View (ABCD)
- Fences (Slitherlink)
- Half-Dominoes
- Hex Loops
- Lighthouses
- Minesweeper
- Number Place
- Rain Clouds
- Skyscrapers
- Snaky Tiles
- Spokes
- Square Numbers
- Square Routes
- Tents
- Worms

Another Excellent Puzzle Collection!
This puzzle book, like the blue Mensa Challenge Your Mind Math & Logic Puzzles, is a FANTASTIC collection of puzzles! You don't need any prior knowledge or skills to succeed with this collection, just brain power and a pencil. They are challenging and lots of fun! There is a wide variety of puzzles in this book - some of the same type as the ones found in the blue book, some new and different ones. These are not your standard logic puzzles; there are no words involved other than the instructions. I REALLY wish Tuller and Rios would come out with a 3rd edition of these!

Too short!
This book is a workout for the mind.It covers many logic puzzle types, and by the time you're done with a set, you feel like you've mastered a new skill.I wish they'd put one of these out every year! ... Read more

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Compilation copyright 1978. "Here are enough problems, puzzles, games, diversions- and their solutions- to keep the entire family happily busy for hours." ... Read more

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If you can get your hands on this book, it's a lot of fun!
I love the variety of puzzles in this book. They range in difficulty - my 10-year-old son, myself, and my physics-adoring husband have all been challenged and entertained by the puzzles in this book.

I love that the author says at the beginning of the introduction, "If you really get stuck, don't give up - or you'll spoil the fun. Put the sticky puzzle aside, and perhaps the next day a new line of attack may suddenly strike you. Or you can try to solve an easier puzzle similar to the sticky one. Or again you can guess trial answers just to see if they make sense."

He does give the answers at the back, but he's right; it's much more satisfying to figure it out oneself.

The puzzles are grouped by type; the easier ones at the beginning of the section, gradiently getting more difficult.

This book is really wonderful for children and adults. As a homeschooler, I find this a wonderful tool for challenging myself and my kids. It's a great tool for making math FUN! ... Read more

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A walk through history's most mind-boggling puzzles
Ever since the Sphinx asked his legendary riddle of Oedipus, riddles, conundrums, and puzzles of all sizes have kept humankind perplexed and amused. The Liar Paradox and the Towers of Hanoi takes die-hard puzzle mavens on a tour of the world's most enduringly intriguing braintwisters, from K?nigsberg's Bridges and the Hanoi Towers to Fibonacci's Rabbits, the Four Color Problem, and the Magic Square. Each chapter introduces the basic puzzle, discusses the mathematics behind it, and includes exercises and answers plus additional puzzles similar to the one under discussion. Here is a veritable kaleidoscope of puzzling labyrinths, maps, bridges, and optical illusions that will keep aficionados entertained for hours.
Marcel Danesi (Etobicoke, ON, Canada) is the author of Increase Your Puzzle IQ ... Read more

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Why this universal fascination with puzzles?

I have been fascinated with puzzles ever since my teens;which is now over 60 years ago.The term "puzzles" covers such a field,that I was really impressed with this book.When I first started,the first puzzle I came across was "The 15 Puzzle;then later "The Towers of Hanoi".And that was only the start of what became a lifelong interest in searching for new puzzles and books on puzzles.
Although the reason the author set upon writing this book was to explain the association of ,and the mathematics involved ,with puzzles;he also did something else at the same time.He shows what the whole world of Puzzles and Mathetical Recreations is all about by taking what he calls "The Ten Greatest Math Puzzles of All Times",explaining them,then expanding on them to show how so many other puzzles stem from them.I have collected somewhere between 6 and 7 hundred puzzle books over the years,many of which the author references,and I have to say,that this book does as good as any I have ever come across ,in explaining what the whole fascination of "Recreational Mathematics" is all about. It was eye openingyears ago to find good books on this subject,even harder to find puzzles.Jigsaw and Crossword were common,but little else.Then I found Mathematical Games in "Scientific American;"which led me to many other things.Now,with the "Net" the whole world of Puzzles and books of Puzzles and Mathematical Recreationsopens upa pletora of things for the puzzler.
This book has something for everyone,whether it is Riddles,Paradoxes,River-Crossing Puzzles,Map Coloring Problems,Optical Illusions,Mazes,Magic Squares,etc.,a neophyte or someone who has been interested in puzzles for years;will find lots new and interesting here.As an example,I became fascinated with Magic Squares while in University.I learned a method to complete any odd-order Magic Square;but try as I may,I could never "crack" even-order ones.I asked the head of the Math Department if he ever tried. A few days later he handed me notes on how to do it--I was thrilled.I was thrilled once again when in this book ,what did I find but a Magic Cube!!
Although this is an excellent book in all respects and will give anyone interested in puzzles a lot of enjoyment,and there are along with everything else, 72 challenging puzzles with detailed answers,all kinds of related references for further reading,and a good Glossary;there are two things I would like to mention.For many years ,it was believed that Sam Loyd invented the "15 Puzzle";and it is stated so here in 2004.Jerry Slocum and Dic Sonneveld wrote an excellent book,"The 15 Puzzle" in 2006 whichproved that Sam Loyd didn't invent it after all. That just goes to show there's always something new in puzzles.The other comment I have ,is that I'm surprised that the Tanram was not chosen as one of the "greatest". However,with so many to choose from;it's almost like trying to pick the greatest song or the greatest of anything;but I must admit;the authors choice is his perogative ,and as good as any.

For a mixed audience
I think this book aims at a mixed audience with mixed success.For the puzzle solver, there is interesting background on some popular forms, but probably not enough puzzles.For someone with a background inmaththe exploration is too simple, (e.g. one paragraph of Godel) and for the computer scientist not enough exploration of algorithms.For the historian of science there are some new perspectives, but the history is not carried through. On the discussion of Labyrinths, I wish Danesi would have mentioned the book Labyrinths by Borge, and also alluded to the form in some churches.

Although the book may not be for the "specialist", there is quite a bit of fun for anyone here.For example I had been familiar with the Fibonacci series, but hadn't seen the Rabbit Puzzle before. Everyone has heard of the Mobius strip, but the Klein bottle was new to me (and I'd love to buy one).I had done mazes before, but the one by Lewis Carroll us fun.

Good start, but never becomes really challenging
Liar's Paradox has ten chapters covering 10 puzzles that mankind has created over its history.Each chapter covers a main puzzle, the historical and philosophical background behind it, and describes how each affected mathematics/science as people thought their way through the puzzles.Each chapter includes a set of follow up questions/puzzles, with a good answer section at the back.

One should note that while most of the chapters focus on math, others seem only indirectly related--for instance, one chapter is almost solely devoted to problems related to perception and psychology (such as two-tone pictures in which you can see both a vase and two people's faces), and other chapters are related to math only in extremely advanced ways--for instance, the Liar's Paradox may be a math problem for some, but at the level this book is written it doesn't really get past a discussion of logical paradoxes.

On that note, this book is written at the level of someone who vaguely remembers high school algebra (for instance, there is a fairly in depth discussion of what "exponents" are).For someone at that level, I think the book is excellent.The puzzles Mr. Danesi chooses are interesting and all described well.The puzzles at the end of each chapter are entertaining.

I think readers should recognize before they buy this book that it is probably not meant to be a brain-wracking, headache-inducing puzzle book, but rather a leasurely review of some of mankind's more interesting puzzles.Mr. Danesi has done a good job of accomplishing that. ... Read more

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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 explanatory drawings.
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Covers Multiplication, Division, Fractions, Decimals, Integers, & More!
Students sharpen important math skills as they work their way through mazes, cross-number puzzles, riddle searches, and mini-mysteries on these one-of-a-kind practice pages. Includes key middle school math topics! ... Read more

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Math Puzzles for children ages 7 and up Solve the puzzles and practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Enjoy math. Have fun. IMPORTANT NOTICES: 1. Due to the large number of pictures in this file, a longer download time may be expected. 2. The Word version of this document may only be viewed in Microsoft Word '97. However, feel free to use the Viewers button to acquire a free copy of Adobe Acrobat. This process takes about 10 minutes. ... Read more

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Features maths puzzles that help you calculating for hours. ... Read more

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Excellent for math puzzling beginners and pros alike!
Excellent. Guaranteed to message your brain matter without breaking (too big) of a sweat. It'll add 100% more fun to your life. Really.

Great math puzzles for the math puzzling pro and the math 'challenged' alike. ... Read more

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Move beyond the norm in your math classroom and challenge students to think critically with Math Patterns and Puzzles for Kids. Exploring the hottest concept in puzzle solving —math logic puzzles —Math Patterns and Puzzles for Kids teaches students how to use reasoning to solve some of math's biggest conundrums: real-life patterns and puzzles such as Fibonacci's sequence, Sudoku puzzles, tangrams, Pascal's triangle, and magic squares. Students are taught the basic premises behind each challenging puzzle and are then asked to use the skills they have learned to solve multiple versions of each puzzle.

Grades 2–4 ... Read more

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Fun and challenging!!
This is a great book and is not a traditional math workbook.It is fun,
interesting and educational.Awesome puzzles!This is really a neat
book for children who need additional challenges. ... Read more

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Capturing the hot new craze:
The new Math Puzzle mystery series.

Math whiz Savannah Stone makes a living creating Math puzzles in rural North Carolina. But when the mayor starts receiving death threats, Savannah needs to solve this puzzle-before the next box to be filled is the mayor's coffin. ... Read more

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A fun read
This was a great read. We are introduced to Zach Stone, medically retired from the police and his wife Savannah who creates puzzles for newspapers. Zach, now consultant for the police, is asked to come back to Charlotte to help solve a murder. I liked how the plot was played out as each turn of the page revealed more clues as to the identity of the killer. I had my suspect and enjoyed watching the author put several red herrings to throw me off. A good plot and likable characters made this a fun read.

A MYSTERY BY THE NUMBER - #1
Another Tim Myers book.All of his books, regardless of his pen name are good books.Retired Charlotte NC police chief Zach is called back as a consultant on a murder case - the mayor has been receiving death threats and so far, there are 2 murders.Zach's wife, Savannah, creates number puzzles for the newspapers.She has come along on his trip as Zach's assistant.Fast Read.

A Little Bit Disappointing
I was looking forward to reading this book, which was billed as "a math puzzle mystery."At first I didn't care for the heroine/narrator Savannah at all; I found her arrogant and with an attitude.As the book progressed and I saw her relationship with her husband, her uncle, and her old friends from Charlotte, I came to like her better.I don't feel we really got to know the suspects all that well, and we learned little or nothing about the first victim.We never learn why these people were targeted.

I did like the twist about Savannah's legacy from her late mother and the revelation that came from it.I have to admit that I was wondering why a 38-year-old woman and her 42-year-old husband, who obviously adored each other, didn't have any kids, especially as her best friend in Charlotte had three.That could be explored in the next book.

My main objection to the book, however, is the total & complete lack of puzzles.Kaye Morgan's Sudoku mysteries always contain several puzzles (with solutions in the back).Other cozy series have recipes for ice cream, cupcakes, etc.This had nothing.At least the grid Savannah used to solve the puzzle could have been shown.I really couldn't visualize it at all.

As it was well written, and as I ended up liking Savannah, it earned three stars.Next time, PLEASE put some actual puzzles into the book.

A DEADLY ROW
A Mystery By The Numbers
Berkley Prime Crime Mystery
Release Date September 7, 2010
First in a Brand New Series

Savannah Stone is a math whiz and makes her living creating puzzles that are syndicated daily in many newspapers throughout the United States for others to solve.Her agent constantly pushes her to come up with some of the most difficult puzzles she can.

Zach Stone, her husband, is a retired police chief from Charlotte, North Carolina.When he retired they left the big city behind for a small mini farm in Parson's Valley in the beautiful foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.Zach's retirement was not his idea, unfortunately he was shot in the line of duty and had to retire for medical reasons.He keeps his hands in on police work by doing consultant work for various police departments in North Carolina and sometimes across the country.

Zach was feeling very unsettled one day putzing around the house trying to keep busy when a call came in from his old department.Savannah told the new chief that Zach was too busy to help him and basically hung up.Savannah is a terrible liar and when she told Zach the call was a "wrong number" he did not believe her at all. She ended up telling him who it really was and after one short phone call they were packed up and in the car headed back to Charlotte.

There was a killer on the loose in Charlotte and the mayor was receiving threatening messages saying he would be the next victim.The mayor was their friend, how could they not go to help.Savannah was basically along for moral support and thought she could catch up with old friends while Zach helped with the police investigation.Little did she know that she would be enlisted to help solve one of the most difficult puzzles of her life, and if she failed to solve the puzzle in time someone else would die.


I LIKED IT!!!!

This was a fun, quick read.The puzzle element was very intriguing and kept the pages turning.I found myself trying to solve the puzzle just like Savannah, of course she figured it out first. These are definitely two characters I want to read more about.I just think it may be strange if every case Zach is called in to consult on involves a puzzle for Savannah, so I am very interested in how the author will continue to have these characters evolve and unfold.I will be patiently awaiting the next book in this numerically inspired series.


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fascinating amateur sleuth-police procedural
Zach was the Police Chief of Charlotte, North Carolina when he was shot in the chest and forced to retire.He and his wife puzzle creator Savannah Stone moved to Parson's Valley far away from the big urban centers, but police work is part of Zach's DNA makeup so he opens up a consulting firm.

The new Police Chief Davis Rowles, who Zach recommended, asks for his services.Charlotte Mayor Grady Winslow is receiving threatening letters from someone who apparently has killed two people already.When they arrive at the Belmont, they are put up in the swanky suite owned by billionaire Baton Lane.One of the victims worked for him and was a friend so he believes hosting the Stones is his minor contribution to capturing the killer.Savannah's puzzle skills come in handy when letters and pictures come to the police station with a puzzle number on the package; she knows if she finds the key she will locate the psychopath.Zach uses mundane police methods by questioning suspects including Davis and Grady.Both of the Stones arrive at the identification of the killer at the same time, but now Savannah's life is in danger.

Casey Mayes has written a fascinating amateur sleuth-police procedural starring a husband and wife couple who work well together.The pair loves one another and talks to each other sharing notes on their respective inquiry.Character driven with several terrific twists, readers who enjoy mysteries like those of Parnell Hall's Puzzle Lady will enjoy observing the two Stones methodically work separately and together on their first joint case.

Harriet Klausner
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Product Description
Sudokids.com - Sudoku for Kids teaches children how to do Sudoku puzzles in a fun, logical and entertaining sequence. With over 170 puzzles and step-by-step lessons, Sudokids makes Sudoku exciting and educational for children. Combining pictures, numbers and words with simple illustrated instructions, your kids will be Sudoku masters in no time.Sudokids has been designed around the Grades 1 - 3 school curriculum and associated teaching methods and will equip learners with essential skills, knowledge and understanding in all learning areas. Sudokids puzzles develop and stimulate the brain, teaching flexibility, creativity, concentration and raw logic to children in the school and home environment. The Kids Sudoku books allow learners to use both focused attention and peripheral perception, thus encouraging the left-brain and the right brain to work together in an analytical and holistic manner. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (5)

Highly Recommended
This is a good book on Sudoku for kids. The book includes 108 puzzles. All the puzzles in the book are simple 4x4 grids. The solutions to all the puzzles are available at the end of the book. There are three categories or levels of difficulty for the puzzles.

The first 22 pages in this book are dedicated for strategy, hints, rules, or tips. All the puzzles in the book are Classic Sudoku (with numbers). There are no Alphabet Sudoku (with letters) or Symbol Sudoku (with shapes and symbols) like the two books "Kindergarten Sudoku" and "Preschool Sudoku". Also, there are no simple 6x6 puzzles like some of the other books.

Could be better
The book is just okay, the fun of Sudoku comes from variety, which is missing in this book. Not saying that it is a bad book, but could have been better, not great value for money, as a more enterprising kid will complete the book in a couple of days, but then it depends on the kid who will do it. One thing to note is that all the puzzles are 4 digits, meaning all sudoku games are with 1,2,3,4 only, the puzzles become more complex and challenging with an uneven set, like 5 or 7 digits. I was expecting the advanced section to have some puzzles like that but it's not, which is why gave the book 3 stars.

To help you decide my son is 7years old just completed 1st grade, he is good in Maths, but no genius, and the book turned out very easy for him. The age rating of 4 to 6 should be more appropriate for this book IMHO.

more than i thought !!!!!!!!!!
i bought this book for my 7 year old daughter , more out of curiosity than anything else , as I am a big Suduko fan myself.To my amazement , she picked it up and loved doing it ! I highly recommend it to any parent who thinks they have a "little genius" :-)

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my grandchildren all have sudoku for kids by Jonathan Bloom and they cant put it down.it starts with explanations then goes from easy, to medium to harder.even the four olds understand.wonderful their minds.iwould highly recomment it!!

AMAZING!
I bought this product for my kids and was amazed at the enjoyment that they got from completing the puzzles. I think that this book is a must buy for any parent that has kids that enjoy a good challenge and want to improve the basic arithmetic skills. Kids pick up the game very quick and are addicted ! ... Read more

Product Description
The book is a compilation of puzzles that have been tested in many classrooms, and for the past three years have been published in newspapers in the Los Angeles area.The response of the readers, ranging from dedicated parents to teachers to hobbyist, has been overwhelmingly positive ... Read more