LEADER 03772nam 2200505 450 001 9910683344403321 005 20231204131246.0 010 $a9789811965654$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9789811965647 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-19-6565-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7219664 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7219664 035 $a(OCoLC)1374192870 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-19-6565-4 035 $a(PPN)26909332X 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926323391300041 100 $a20230730d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCreative puzzles to ignite your mind /$fShyam Sunder Gupta 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer,$d[2023] 210 4$dŠ2023 215 $a1 online resource (211 pages) 225 1 $aProblem Books in Mathematics,$x2197-8506 311 08$aPrint version: Gupta, Shyam Sunder Creative Puzzles to Ignite Your Mind Singapore : Springer,c2023 9789811965647 327 $aAcknowledgement -- Preface -- List of Short Riddles and Brain Teasers -- List of Creative Puzzles -- Chapter 1. Short Riddles and Brain Teasers -- Chapter 2. Solutions of Short Riddles and Brain Teasers -- Chapter 3. Creative Puzzles -- Chapter 4. Solutions of Creative Puzzles. 330 $aThis book contains a large variety of intriguing puzzles with detailed ingenious solutions generally not found elsewhere. This book is a great treasure for everybody who enjoys the beauty of fascinating world of recreational mathematics. Puzzles in the book can be browsed at random as these are not grouped in any orderly manner. Apart from puzzle enthusiasts and mathlovers, the book is considered of immense value for aspirants of Math Olympiad, CAT/MBA and job interviews of big companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Yahoo, NVidia, Oracle, Adobe, Morgan Stanley, Bloomberg, etc. The title of puzzles has been suitably framed. Repetition of similar type of puzzles has been avoided to keep the book in a concise form. However, important aspects of similar puzzles, if any, have been covered in comments section. This book is divided into four chapters (Chaps. 1?4): Chapter 1 contains 25 short riddles and brainteasers. These puzzles vary from simple but tricky to challenging ones. Chapter 2 contains detailed solutions to all the short riddles and brainteasers given in Chapter 1. Chapter 3 contains 125 creative puzzles of varying difficulty level covering arithmetic and algebraic puzzles on clock, calendar, weight, age and digital puzzles, geometric puzzles, logical reasoning puzzles, and combinatorial puzzles, match puzzles and game puzzles like ?kaun banega crorepati? (who will become a Decamillionaire), new year winner, winning numbers, etc. Some famous and old puzzles like Cheryl?s birthday, Bachets weight, liquid decanting, crossing bridge/river/desert, etc., have also been included so that readers can find all types of puzzles at one place. Only basic mathematics is required to solve these puzzles, but most of these puzzles are tricky and can be simplified by ingenious ideas. Chapter 4 contains detailed solutions to all the creative puzzles given in Chapter 3. 410 0$aProblem Books in Mathematics,$x2197-8506 606 $aMathematical recreations 606 $aMatemātica recreativa$2thub 608 $aLlibres electrōnics$2thub 615 0$aMathematical recreations. 615 7$aMatemātica recreativa 676 $a780 700 $aGupta$b Shyam Sunder$01348040 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910683344403321 996 $aCreative Puzzles to Ignite Your Mind$93085122 997 $aUNINA