Puzzle IQ: Tips and Tricks for Building Your Logic Power - Softcover

Danesi, Marcel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471157252 ISBN 13: 9780471157250

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Synopsis

Learn how to take the "tease" out of brainteasers, and increase your puzzle IQ with this eye–opening guide to solving puzzles. Revealing the basic principles and strategies of cracking logic problems, it shows you, step–by–step, how to solve ten of the most common types of puzzles, from basic deduction conundrums to more complex mathematical bafflers. Packed with practice puzzles and offering hours of amusement and mental challenge, Increase Your Puzzle IQ gives you the know–how you need to decipher even the most puzzling of puzzles.

Why are 1997 dollar bills worth more than 1980 dollar bills?

In a box there are 20 balls, 10 white and 10 black. With a blindfold on, what is the least number you must draw out in order to get a pair of balls that matches?

Which clock keeps the best time? The clock that loses a minute a day or one that doesn′t run at all?

I have two current U.S. coins in my hand. The two coins add up to 15?. One of the coins is not a nickel. What two coins do I have?

How much dirt is there in a hole that is 1 foot wide by 1 foot long by 1 foot deep?

About this title

Synopsis:

Discover the fun and mental stimulation of solving logic problems Here's a book for puzzle buffs-or anyone interested in building their logic power-that reveals the strategies involved in cracking logic problems, while offering hours of these addictive brain-teasers along the way. Marcel Danesi, who teaches a popular course in puzzle-solving, provides clear, step-by-step instructions for solving all the major types of logic problems-from basic deduction conundrums to more complex mathematical bafflers. * Over 400 charts and diagrams simplify problem-solving techniques 101 fun sample puzzles help readers gauge their progress and reinforce newly acquired skills * Features a "final exam" for testing your puzzle IQ MARCEL DANESI, PhD, (Toronto, Canada) is a professor at the University of Toronto and director of the prestigious semiotics program there. He is the author of a book of puzzles for language teachers, several academic texts, and a number of guides to learning Italian, including Language Games in Italian and Italian the Easy Way.

About the Author:

MARCEL DANESI, Ph.D., is a professor at the University of Toronto. He is also the author of Language Games in Italian and Italian the Easy Way.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0471157252
• ISBN 13: 9780471157250
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220