536 Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest, Dudeney
By Henry Ernest, Dudeney
For 2 a long time, self-taught mathematician Henry E. Dudeney wrote a puzzle web page, "Perplexities," for The Strand Magazine. Martin Gardner, longtime editor of Scientific American's mathematical video games column, hailed Dudeney as "England's maximum maker of puzzles," unsurpassed within the volume and caliber of his innovations. This compilation of Dudeney's long-inaccessible demanding situations attests to the puzzle-maker's reward for developing witty and compelling conundrums.
This treasury of exciting puzzles starts with a variety of arithmetical and algebraical difficulties, together with demanding situations related to funds, time, velocity, and distance. Geometrical difficulties persist with, besides combinatorial and topological difficulties that function magic squares and stars, path and community puzzles, and map coloring puzzles. the gathering concludes with a sequence of video game, domino, fit, and unclassified puzzles. ideas for all 536 difficulties are integrated, and fascinating drawings brighten up the booklet.
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That will take some time," said the cat, and she began a laborious count. Several times she made a slip and had to begin again. " exclaimed the dog. " "Confound you! " 52 Arithmetic & Algebraic Problems Meanwhile the mouse, overhearing the conversation, was working madly at enlarging a hole, and just succeeded in escaping as the cat leapt into the correct barrel. "I knew you would lose it," said the dog. "Your education has been sadly neglected. A certain amount of arithmetic is necessary to every cat, as it is to every dog.
Can you find a quick way of arriving at the answer without making the actual count? 165. ARMY FIGURES A certain division in an army was composed of a little over twenty thousand men, made up of five brigades. It was known that one-third of the first brigade, two-sevenths of the second brigade, seven-twelfths of the third, ninethirteenths of the fourth, and fifteen-twenty-seconds of the fifth brigade happened in every case to be the same number of men. Can you discover how many men there were in every brigade?
84. THE DONKEY CART "Three men," said Crackham, "Atkins, Brown, and Cranby, had to go a journey of forty miles. Atkins could walk one mile an hour, Brown could walk two miles an hour, and Cranby could go in his donkey cart at eight miles an hour. Cranby drove Atkins a certain distance, and, dropping him to walk the remainder, drove back to meet Brown on the way and carried him to their destination, where they all arrived at the same time. "How long did the journey take? " 26 Arithmetic & Algebraic Problems 85.