Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- A history of recreational mathematics
- Popular puzzles
- 1 Wong sum
- 2 Strange street
- 3 Harvey's wall climber
- 4 Word bandit 1
- 5 Prime of life
- 6 The horse and the hurdle
- 7 Cornflakes and porridge
- 8 Railway rhyme
- 9 Safe conduct
- 10 The doubtful die
- 11 Word bandit 2
- 12 Muddle market
- 13 Fractionally mean
- 14 Domino chair
- 15 Signs of confusion
- 16 Room for assistance
- 17 King-size conundrum
- 18 Word bandit 3
- 19 The six skeep pens
- 20 Find the burglars
- 21 The enigmatic interview
- 22 Sorry Dad
- 23 Save the city
- 24 Crumple Towers
- 25 Word bandit 4
- 26 Romance on the stone
- 27 Quite a card
- 28 The three piles of coins
- 29 Cubic incapacity
- 30 Extra sensory deception
- 31 True to the tribe
- 32 Word bandit 5
- 33 The stuff of dreams
- 34 Counting sheep
- 35 The reclusive inventor
- Advanced puzzles
- Hints
- Solutions
- References
17 - King-size conundrum
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- A history of recreational mathematics
- Popular puzzles
- 1 Wong sum
- 2 Strange street
- 3 Harvey's wall climber
- 4 Word bandit 1
- 5 Prime of life
- 6 The horse and the hurdle
- 7 Cornflakes and porridge
- 8 Railway rhyme
- 9 Safe conduct
- 10 The doubtful die
- 11 Word bandit 2
- 12 Muddle market
- 13 Fractionally mean
- 14 Domino chair
- 15 Signs of confusion
- 16 Room for assistance
- 17 King-size conundrum
- 18 Word bandit 3
- 19 The six skeep pens
- 20 Find the burglars
- 21 The enigmatic interview
- 22 Sorry Dad
- 23 Save the city
- 24 Crumple Towers
- 25 Word bandit 4
- 26 Romance on the stone
- 27 Quite a card
- 28 The three piles of coins
- 29 Cubic incapacity
- 30 Extra sensory deception
- 31 True to the tribe
- 32 Word bandit 5
- 33 The stuff of dreams
- 34 Counting sheep
- 35 The reclusive inventor
- Advanced puzzles
- Hints
- Solutions
- References
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- Type
- Chapter
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- Puzzles for Pleasure , pp. 33Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994