A fiendish collection of 100 super-tricky brainteasers from bestselling author Rob Eastaway. Puzzles have intrigued and entertained generations of children - and their parents - for over 2,000 years.
How many socks make a pair? The answer is not always two. And behind this question lies a world of maths that can be surprising, amusing and even beautiful?Using playing cards, a newspaper, the back o
""Deals in a very entertaining way with problems in normal life related to mathematics, luck, coincidence, gambling."" ? The Independent (London)Why do your chances of winning the lottery increase if
How many socks make a pair? The answer is not always two. And behind this question lies a world of maths that can be surprising, amusing and even beautiful.
Struggling to remember all that information they're stuffing you with at school? Want to impress your friends with amazing memory feats? Can't keep on top of all your online passwords? Then you need t
A new edition of Rob Eastaway's classic guide to the rules of cricket. Cricket is one of the world's most popular sports, yet for the uninitiated, its peculiar laws and customs are a mystery. What i
With a foreword by Tim Rice, this book will change the way you see the world. Why is it better to buy a lottery ticket on a Friday? Why are showers always too hot or too cold? And what's the connectio
One third of parents are not confident when dealing with their children's math homework. Children are learning new-fangled ways to do math operations as basic as multiplication. Old Dogs, New Math gu
Explains how memory works, why it sometimes goes wrong, and what practical steps you can take to build a stronger memory - debunking some popular myths along the way. Drawing on strategies and experie
How to beat the odds, how to always win at tennis, and how to take a penalty and score every time?all using the power of mathematicsFrom an author committed to the popularization of math,?this?novel a
In this sequel to Why Do Buses Come in Threes?, you will find that many intriguing everyday questions have mathematical answers. Discover the astonishing 37% rule for blind dates, the avoidance tacti
Need some help with addition? Play a game of SaluteHaving trouble with times tables? Try Times Table DonkFloundering with fractions? Get creative cutting up the toast with your kids at breakfast Busy
Factorising? Finding the locus? Solving for x? Probability distributions? What do these mean? This book gives you all the ammunition to help you to help your teenager get to grips with GCSE maths. It
