Mathematical Puzzles and Pastimes |
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE 1 These Matches Are Not For Burning | 3 |
A Billiard Ball Computer | 10 |
The Notch Arithmetic | 22 |
Copyright | |
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5-gallon container airplane angle approximately arbitrarily selected unit base billiard ball circle rolls circumference construct counting cushion decimal number decimal system denoted diameter difference digits disk divisible by 11 earth electronic computing devices employed equal evenly divisible example expression five five-system of numeration four given number Gregorian Calendar halving and doubling hypocycloid inking point intersection large circle leap length mark mathematical meration multiplication number is evenly number of edges number written numerical values obtain octal octal system odd number Perpetual Calendar place value position problem Purse number quadratic equation radius remainder represents right triangle rolling circle Roman rotating S₁ shown in Figure Side of Balance small circle solution square root straight line segment Style Centuries subtracted symbol system of numeration three-system of numeration toothpicks toothpicks from Figure translated two-six two-system of numeration vertex vertices weights Write the number Τυ