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The Original Area Mazes - by Naoki Inaba & Ryoichi Murakami (Paperback)

The Original Area Mazes - by  Naoki Inaba & Ryoichi Murakami (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>It's the best kind of puzzle: The rules are simple--but getting the answer can take all your creativity. Your quest is to navigate a network of rectangles to find a missing value, using just a few "givens." No complex math is required! Just remember: To find an area, multiply the lengths of the sides.<br /> <br /> The inventor of area mazes, master puzzlemaker Naobi Inaba, has selected 100 of his best mazes and organized them into five levels of difficulty. Try area mazes for yourself--you'll be hooked in no time!<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The rules are simple . . . The math is easy . . .The puzzles get harder and harder!</b> <p/> Once you match wits with area mazes, <i>you'll be hooked!</i> Your quest is to navigate a network of rectangles to find a missing value. <p/><i>Just Remember: </i><ul><li>Area = length × width</li><li>Use spatial reasoning to find helpful relationships</li><li>Whole numbers are all you need. You can <i>always</i> get the answer without using fractions!</li></ul> <br> Originally invented for gifted students, area mazes (<i>menseki meiro</i>), 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!<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"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."--<i><b>The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics</b></i> <p/> "The only math you'll need to know is that length times width equals area."--<b><i>FiveThirtyEight</i></b> <p/> "Addictive."--<i><b>BoingBoing</b></i><br>

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