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The Big Puzzle Book of Area Mazes

300 Mind-Bending Math Puzzles in Five Challenge Levels
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The Big Puzzle Book of Area Mazes by Naoki Inaba and Ryoichi Murakami presents a delightful collection of mathematical challenges that focus on "area mazes," a type of logic puzzle. Crafted for both fun and brain exercise, these mazes require you to calculate unknown areas based on given information using basic arithmetic. It’s an engaging way to challenge your mind while being entertained.
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Logical reasoning meets simple math in 300 all-new puzzles that require a flash of insight to solve!

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More than 300 all-new area mazes take puzzlers to new levels of challenge - and into the third dimension.

Once you match wits with area mazes, you'll be hooked! Your quest is to navigate a group of rectangles (or a 3D stack of cubes!) to find a missing value. Just remember:

Area = length Γ— width

Use spatial reasoning to find helpful relationships. Whole numbers are all you need. You can always get the answer without using fractions!

Originally invented for gifted students, area mazes (menseki meiro) have taken Japan by storm. Are you a sudoku fanatic? Do you play brain games to stay sharp? Did you love geometry... or would you like to finally show it who's boss?

Feed your brain some area mazes - they could be just what you're craving!

Series: Original Area Mazes

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  • The Big Puzzle Book of Area Mazes
    More than 300 all-new area mazes take puzzlers to new levels of challenge - and into the third dimension. Once you match wits with area mazes, you'll be hooked! Your quest is to navigate a group of rectangles (or a 3D stack of cubes!) to find a missing value. Just remember: Area = length Γ— width Use spatial reasoning to...
    Paperback
    $2899
    Elsewhere:
    $2999
    Available
    Ships in 3-4 weeks

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781615199242

Publisher: The Experiment LLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 December 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: The Experiment LLC

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 180.0mm

Weight: 318g

Pages: 400

About the Author

Naoki Inaba has invented over 400 new types of puzzle. He also writes sudoku and other popular puzzles for magazines in Japan, where he has published several books of area mazes for children and adults.

Ryoichi Murakami is the founder and CEO of El Camino, a premier cram school in Tokyo. Many of his students go on to elite schools such as the University of Tokyo and compete in the International Mathematical Olympiad. In addition to teaching at El Camino, Murakami is active in publishing, works as a puzzle maker, and writes questions for the Olympiad.

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