The Moscow Puzzles: 359 Mathematical Recreations (Dover Math Games & Puzzles)

Bought for family members birthday. She was a Mathematics Professor for many years and said these are tough.

Bought for someone incarcerated that needed help occupying their time and mind. They liked this book very much!

The problems in this book are not for the faint of heart. Not a complaint but you’ll have to think hard & spend a fair amount of time on each problem. Really works your brain.

This book will help anyone strengthen their analytical thinking and understanding. Some challenges can be solved with simple approaches while others require multiple steps and resources. Have fun and share your experiences with students preparing for college or ASVAB testing.

This book have some many great puzzles to solve, and to have a great time and fun with your son and teach them to love mathematics. Also they are going to learn to think outside of the box, and came with impressive answers to the puzzles.

Fun book if you like math and puzzles or just enjoy different types of “work” books!

Brilliant book with puzzles that involve mathematics and logic. The book have puzzles about dominoes, numbers, daily applications, and many others. The book have also reference to Soviet Union culture, so this book may be a good, refreshing read for American readers as an exploration to other culture. The puzzles presented in the book are quite challenging, requires thinking, either inside-the-box with well-known techniques, and also out-of-the-box thinking.Quite a few of the puzzles do need mathematical skill, especially on numbers theory. Basic skills such as probability and basic calculation are of course required. The variety of puzzles, mathematical challenge, and other type of logical challenge is enough to satisfy readers that love mathematics and logical challenge. All puzzles solution are really well explained, thus you will find the answers rewarding too.

As a puzzle fan, I bought this expecting math-related riddles. I shouldn't have, nor should you unless you're that guy who's faster at math than a calculator, because while there are some good mathy riddles, the problems are primarily the kind of math that requires visual calculation [using coins, dominoes, etc.] vs. doing it in your head; even the "Mathematics with Almost No Calculations" chapter I found I needed to work it out on paper. This is fine, but it feels a lot less recreational if I need to use a notepad, especially if I don't have one handy. Furthermore, this is a translation, so there are a few puzzles that are confusing/don't work out as smoothly in English, though I was disappointed to find some glaring typos--e.g., "7/12 = 1/3 - 1/4" [maybe if you ADD them!]. On the whole, it's an interesting thought exercise and forces me out of my comfort zone in trying to solve the puzzles, but I found it most useful as a sleep aid.