Cover art for Maths Tricks to Blow Your Mind
Published
Atlantic, November 2021
ISBN
9781838953669
Format
Hardcover, 224 pages
Dimensions
19.8cm × 12.9cm × 1.5cm

Maths Tricks to Blow Your Mind A Journey Through Viral Maths

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From the infamous 'Hannah's sweets' exam question to percentages 'life-hacks', viral mathsproblems seem to capture the public's imagination without fail. This is often because they blowpeople's minds with their logic, or there are multiple answers, or no answer or at all, or theyare just generally wacky.

The same people who will openly celebrate that they 'never gotmaths' will fight tooth and nail with their Auntie on Facebook over whether the answer to 60 +60 x 0 + 1 is 61 or 1 (it's 61, by the way.).

Why do friends and relatives who would glaze over in a maths lesson pile into a discussion withstrangers on social media over why the grey elephant comes from Denmark? Maths teacherand award-winning science communicator Kyle D Evans wants to explore exactly what it isabout viral social media puzzles that is so appealing.

Maths Tricks to Blow Your Mind presents 50 or so viral maths problems from recent years withbackground information, explanations and solutions to similar problems, all in a humorous,accessible and inclusive manner.

Want to dazzle and delight your friends and family? This book shows you how!

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