More Mathematical Quickies & Trickies

Yan Kow Cheong

jul 2017 · Mathematical Quickies & Trickies Libro 2 · MathPlus Publishing

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This long-awaited sequel of Mathematical Quickies & Trickles comes with many creative worked examples and questions, with cartoons sprinkled throughout the book to keep in line with the same irreverent and fun spirit of the previous book.

In addition to 300+ trick and tricky questions, More Mathematical Quickies & Trickles comes with more than 25 five-minute enrichment mathematics items, aimed at enhancing the mathematical problem-solving skills of problem solvers.

You won’t only be exposed to different problem-solving techniques, commonly used in answering math contests and competitions questions, but also learn to appreciate elegant or intuitive solutions.

More Mathematical Quickies & Trickies would appeal primarily to these audiences:

* grades 6-8 students and teachers looking for some fertile trick and tricky questions;

* mathletes preparing for local and regional contests and competitions;

* problem solvers longing to be challenged by questions whose obvious solutions are never the correct ones for what offhand appears to be true is false.

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

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Yan Kow Cheong ([e-mail] and @MathPlus & @Zero_Math) 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. 
He has ghostwritten and edited both local and foreign textbooks and assessment titles for students, teachers, and parents. Some of his publications are Additional Maths 360, Geometrical Quickies & Trickies, Aha! Math, and CHRISTmaths: A Creative Problem Solving Math Book. http://tinyurl.com/3lfuzsf 
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).

For information about the author, click https://sites.google.com/site/mryankowcheongssite/

Fan Page for the Mathematical Quickies & Trickies series, click fb.com/singaporemathplus