Amazing Math Puzzles
Adam Hart-Davis
Paperback
(Orient Paperbacks,India, Nov. 30, 2006)
Discover math puzzles everywhere--in pizzas, mirrors, bicycles, candy, hot dogs--and also ancient pyramids, pirates' treasure, and a witch's cauldron. These 82 tantalizing examples will work your brain cells and stump your friends. Solve this one: if you have six pairs of pink gloves and six pairs of yellow ones in your drawer, how many do you have to take out to make sure you've got a pair? (Answer: 13--don't forget left and right!)