The Best Recreations & Games in Mathematics Books 2025

1. Venn That Tune: Bringing the Poetry of Maths to the Magic of Pop! [Hardcover - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Venn diagrams are illustrations used to show all of the possible logical relationships between groups of things. They normally consist of overlapping circles. Diagrams, graphs, and pie-charts pit memorable song lyrics against the stark light of logic to produce a fresh perspective on classic and hit songs in this ingenious, inspired, and utterly addictive book. The relationship between money and problems is thoroughly charted, and the price of that doggie in the window is given full analysis. Thanks to this clever and entertaining collection, Venn diagrams have never looked so cool.

Venn That Tune : Bringing the Poetry of Maths to the Magic of Pop!, Used [Hardcover]

2. Ultimate Book of Puzzles : Mathematical Diversions, and Brainteasers, Used [Paperback]

Long-time puzzle buffs have yearned for a one-volume collection of the best brain-twisters ever devised. Here are 360 carefully constructed exercises that use words, numbers, and diagrams to test logic, numeracy geometry, physics, intuition, common sense, and imagination.

Ultimate Book of Puzzles : Mathematical Diversions, and Brainteasers, Used [Paperback]

3. Mathercise Book B : Classroom Warm-up Exercises [Perfect Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. From the author of Discovering Geometry, the Mathercise Series is a math fitness program and keeps your students in great mathematical shape. The Mathercise Series consists of five books and each book specializes in a particular area in a middle school or high school mathematics course. Mathercise B is designed for students who will be taking pre-algebra and algebra. You can easily integrate Mathercise B into your existing math program because it requires very little preparation. Each Mathercise page is a set of three problems with a space for a fourth: reason, solve, sketch, and review. Author: Michael Serra, Pages: 62, paperback, Publisher: Playing It Smart, ISBN: 978-1559530590

Mathercise Book B : Classroom Warm-up Exercises, Used [Perfect Paperback]

4. Mathematical Magic Show: More Puzzles, Games, Diversions, Illusions and Other Mathematical Sleight-Of-Mind from Scientific American [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. How do you move two matches - and only two - to new positions, so that the glass is reformed in a different position, with the cherry outside?

Mathematical Magic Show: More Puzzles, Games, Diversions, Illusions and Other Mathematical Sleight-Of-Mind from Scientific American, Used [Paperback]

5. Math Puzzles, Used [Paperback]

Mathematically inclined solvers will have a blast with these puzzles. As they sip on their coffee, they can work out their brains finding the right number to complete a sequence, mentally folding strips to create a cube, finishing an equation that's not quite done, and using logic to locate the correct point on a coordinate grid. It all adds up to fun!

Math Puzzles, Used [Paperback]

6. Mastering Rubik's Cube: The Solution to the 20th Century's Most Amazing Puzzle [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. This book will take you step by step and show you how to solve the puzzle. Written in plain English. Images are included in this book to help show the reader what the cube should look like at the time of the step.

Mastering Rubik's Cube: The Solution to the 20th Century's Most Amazing Puzzle, Used [Paperback]

7. Math Drillsters: A Drill Book That Recognizes and Encourages Creative Thinking/Ga1392 [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Math Drillsters: A Drill Book That Recognizes and Encourages Creative Thinking/Ga1392 by Bob Bernstein

Math Drillsters: A Drill Book That Recognizes and Encourages Creative Thinking/Ga1392, Used [Paperback]

8. Great Gylphs Around the Year [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. This collection of 15 month-by-month activities is designed to motivate kids to collect, display and use mathematical data while having fun learning. Each glyph-making activity connects with a holiday or seasonal theme and includes easy step-by-step directions. Illustrations.

Great Glyphs Around the Year : 15 Month-by-Month Activities That Motivate Kids to Collect, Display, and Use Data-And Have Fun Learning Math!, Used [Paperback]

9. Cracking the Cube: Going Slow to Go Fast and Other Unexpected Turns in the World of Competitive Rubik's Cube Solving, Used [Paperback]

Ian Scheffler, journalist and aspiring "speedcuber," attempts to break into the international phenomenon of speedsolving the Rubik's Cube--think chess played at the speed of Ping-Pong--while exploring the greater lessons that can be learned through solving it. When Hungarian professor Erno Rubik invented the Rubik's Cube (or, rather, his Cube) in 1974 out of wooden blocks, rubber bands, and paper clips, he didn't even know if it could be solved, let alone that it would become the world's most popular puzzle. Since its creation, the Cube has become many things to many people: one of the bestselling children's toys of all time, a symbol of intellectual prowess, a frustrating puzzle with 43.2 quintillion possible permutations, and now a worldwide sporting phenomenon that is introducing the classic brainteaser to a new generation. In Cracking the Cube , Ian Scheffler reveals that cubing isn't just fun and games. Along with participating in speedcubing competitions--from the World Championship to local tournaments--and interviewing key figures from the Cube's history, he journeys to Budapest to seek a meeting with the legendary and notoriously reclusive Rubik, who is still tinkering away with puzzles in his seventies. Getting sucked into the competitive circuit himself, Scheffler becomes engrossed in solving Rubik's Cube in under twenty seconds, the quasi-mystical barrier known as "sub-20," which is to cubing what four minutes is to the mile: the difference between the best and everyone else. As Scheffler learns from the many gurus who cross his path, from pint-sized kids to engineering professors, it's not just about memorizing algorithms or even solving all six sides--it's about discovering how to solve yourself.

Cracking the Cube : Going Slow to Go Fast and Other Unexpected Turns in the World of Competitive Rubik's Cube Solving, Used [Paperback]

10. New York Post Master Su Doku: 150 Difficult Puzzles [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. The official utterly addictive number-placing puzzle Give your brain a workout with these all new Difficult-level puzzles. These entertaining puzzles offer more than just hours of fun Su Doku engages your mind, improves your concentration, and helps you stay mentally fit. With 150 brand-new puzzles to complete, you'll become a Su Doku guru in no time "

New York Post Master Su Doku : Difficult, Used [Paperback]