The Mystery of the Sphinx -- Super Math Logic Game: Super Math Logic Game

Author: Martin Gardner
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Exciting mathematical games that challenge your thinking and reasoning skills! Let people aged 10 to 99 who dislike math fall in love with math! Why didn’t I notice such an interesting book about math when I was studying? Strangely enough, despite my grades always hovering between the single and tens digits, I ended up reading this book—likely because of its cover! It’s light and cute, making it seem like an interesting book. A bank teller, who was a bit clueless, made a mistake when cashing Mr. Brown’s check. He gave the wrong amount in the units place and the correct amount in the cents place, while giving the correct amount in the units place and the wrong amount in the cents place. After leaving the bank, Mr. Brown bought a 5-cent newspaper and then realized that the money he had left was double the original check amount. How much was the check?
Exciting mathematical games that challenge your thinking and reasoning skills! Martin Gardner was born in 1914 and was a renowned writer for the "Mathematical Games" column in Scientific American. The column ran for 25 years and remained consistently popular and influential. Gardner was a trained thinker, scientist, and prolific writer, with dozens of works on mathematical reasoning, including The Art of Mentoring and Aha! Insight.