Proves that math can be serious fun If you like any kind of game at all youll enjoy the amazing mathematical brainteasers in this entertaining book. No special mathematics training is needed. With an emphasis on puzzling word problems with surprising solutions the author presents his mathematical hurdles in order of increasing difficulty. Many appear deceptively simple such as How many quarterinch marks are on an unusual sixteeninch ruler Or If the cost of a bottle and a cork is 1.10 and the b