The Original Area Mazes: 100 Addictive Puzzles to Solve with Simple Math-and Clever Logic!

by Naoki Inaba, Ryoichi Murakami, Alex Bellos (Introduction)

Overview

Perfect for sudoku fans—the rules for these 100 logic puzzles are simple, and the math is easy. But the puzzles get harder and harder!

Once you match wits with area mazes, you’ll be hooked! Your quest is to navigate a network of rectangles to find a missing value.

Just Remember:

• Area = length × 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 all of 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!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781615194223
Publisher:	The Experiment
Publication date:	04/30/2021
Series:	Original Area Mazes
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	228
Sales rank:	275,056
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

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

Editorial Reviews

The 100 maze puzzles use nothing more than the area of a rectangle in their solutions and are broken into five levels of difficulty, making them useful for working with a diverse group of students with different mathematical backgrounds.”—The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

“The only math you’ll need to know is that length times width equals area.”—FiveThirtyEight

“Addictive.”—BoingBoing

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