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Amazing Area Mazes: 70 Race-the-Clock Puzzles for Budding Math Wizards
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009874
ISBN
9781615196180
Grade 3-AD
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As a sequel to their Original Area Mazes Volume One and Two books, these authors are back with another 70 area puzzles to continue honing your math/logic skills! Using these skills and the simple formula of Area +Length x Width, there is a new challenge presented as you record your calculation times for each puzzle. There is a tutorial, warm-up puzzles, skill-building puzzles, challenge puzzles and, of course, detailed solutions to every puzzle. You are now on the road to becoming an area maze expert!
Publisher's Description of Amazing Area Mazes: 70 Race-the-Clock Puzzles for Budding Math Wizards
Welcome, brave math wizard, to the world of area mazes. These clever grids of squares and rectangles are more than meets the eye. Can you find the missing value—using only your powers to add, subtract, multiply, and divide? Just remember: Area = Length x Width
Too easy? Race the clock! Puzzle master Naoki Inaba has included three target times for every maze. But don't worry if you get stuck sometimes . . . just keep at it, and you'll get better and better. Soon, you'll be amazing!
If you enjoy working mazes and like math and geometry, you might also enjoy the challenge of these area mazes. For those of us who need a refresher course in calculating the area of a shape, there is an introductory section that illustrates how to solve these mazes. After jumping into these puzzle books, which progress through several levels of difficulty, you might be "amazed" at how much you enjoy this experience. If you get stuck on a puzzle or want to check your answer, there are step-by-step, illustrated solutions to every maze.