Creative Puzzles to Ignite Your Mind

This book is a collection of intriguing puzzles with detailed ingenious solutions, suitable for puzzle enthusiasts, math lovers, and aspirants of Math Olympiad, CAT/MBA, and job interviews. It is divided into four chapters, with Chapter 1 containing 25 short riddles and brainteasers, Chapter 2 containing detailed solutions, Chapter 3 containing 125 creative puzzles, and Chapter 4 containing detailed solutions.

Format: Hardback
Length: 197 pages
Publication date: 25 March 2023
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore

This remarkable book offers a vast collection of captivating puzzles, each accompanied by intricate and innovative solutions that are rarely encountered elsewhere. It serves as a magnificent treasure for anyone with a deep appreciation for the captivating world of recreational mathematics. The puzzles within the book are presented in a random order, allowing readers to explore them at their leisure without being confined to any specific grouping. Beyond puzzle enthusiasts and math aficionados, this book holds immense value for aspiring participants in the Math Olympiad, CAT/MBA examinations, and job interviews at renowned companies such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Yahoo, NVIDIA, Oracle, Adobe, Morgan Stanley, Bloomberg, and more. The title of the puzzles has been carefully crafted, ensuring that repetition of similar types of puzzles is minimized to maintain the book's concise nature. Nevertheless, essential aspects of similar puzzles, if any, have been thoughtfully addressed in the comments section.

The book is organized into four chapters: Chapter 1 presents 25 short riddles and brainteasers, ranging from straightforward yet tricky to challenging. Chapter 2 provides detailed solutions to all the puzzles encountered in Chapter 1, aiding readers in unraveling the mysteries behind each puzzle. Chapter 3 presents a collection of 125 creative puzzles, spanning a diverse range of difficulty levels. These puzzles encompass arithmetic and algebraic puzzles involving clocks, calendars, weights, ages, digital puzzles, geometric puzzles, logical reasoning puzzles, combinatorial puzzles, match puzzles, and game puzzles like "Kaun Banega Crorepati" (who will become a Decamillionaire), New Year Winner, Winning Numbers, and more. Additionally, some renowned and timeless puzzles like Cheryl's Birthday, Bachet's Weight, Liquid Decanting, Crossing Bridges/Rivers/Deserts, and others have been included, offering a comprehensive collection for puzzle enthusiasts to relish. While basic mathematics is necessary to solve these puzzles, many of them possess a deceptive complexity that can be unraveled through ingenious approaches.

Weight: 502g
Dimension: 159 x 242 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789811965647
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023