More Mathematical Quickies & Trickies

This long-awaited sequel to Mathematical Quickies & Trickies comes with many creative worked examples and questions, with cartoons sprinkled throughout the book to keep in line with the spirit if the first problem-solving book. With a little knowledge of elementary mathematics, open-mindedness, and persistence, More Mathematical Quickies & Trickies promises to challenge readers wanting to improve their problem-solving skills with many hours of mental stimulation, resulting in many trick and tricky questions to appear routine rather than challenging.

More Mathematical Quickies & Trickies should appeal primarily to

* grades 5-10 students and teachers looking for some fertile trick and tricky questions

* mathletes preparing for local and regional contests and competitions

* problem solvers desiring to be challenged by nonroutine questions.

Contents

1. Creative GST
   
2. Are You Calculator-Smart?
   
3. What Is the Easy Way?
   
4. The Magic of Three Consecutive Numbers
   
5. Twitter Math @MathPlus
   
6. What Is 27 x 37, Really?
   
7. Humanizing 1, 2, 3
   
8. A Mathophobia Kit
   
9. WITs: 13 Ways to Attain Mathematical Excellence
   
10. Facebook Math: Numeracy vs. Literacy
    
11. Thou Shalt Not Divide By Zero
    
12. Math Jokes to Relieve Stress
    
13. Look-see Proofs
    
14. Some PhD Math Questions
    
15. Mathematical Prayers
    
16. The Largest Product
    
17. What’s Wrong?: A Comedy of Mathematical Errors
    
18. The Aha! Myth
    
19. Sam Loyd’s Toughies
    
20. The Tuesday Boy Problem
    
21. What Is 1 + 1, Really?
    
22. In Love with Cryptarithms
    
23. Mathematical Kiasuism
    
24. The Mathemagic of 142857
    
25. The Lighter Side of Singapore Math
    
26. K C Yan’s Laws & Lores
    27 Flee and Free from the FREE
    Answers/Hints/Solutions
    Bibliography & References