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
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Answers/Hints/Solutions
Bibliography & References
About the Author: Yan Kow Cheong is a math coach, writer, and editor. A math consultant for MathPlus Consultancy, he specializes in both adult and recreational math education. He conducts recreational and competition math courses and workshops for schools and enrichment centers, and educates the public against innumeracy and pseudoscience.
Kow Cheong has ghostwritten and edited both local and foreign textbooks and assessment (or supplementary) titles for students, teachers, and parents. Some of his publications are:
Additional Maths 360;
Word Problems in Focus series;
Challenging Word Problems (Common Core Edition) series;
The Stack Model Method (Grades 3-4 & 5-6);
Geometrical Quickies & Trickies;
Aha! Math.
His academic interests involve research in math education, in particular, the psychology of learning and teaching mathematics, and creative problem solving. He is a life member of both the Singapore Mathematical Society (SMS) and the Association of Mathematics Educators (AME). He is also a member of The Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences (ACMS).
