Puzzle and Proof

Download or read book Puzzle and Proof written by Samuel Dittmer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-08-13 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Puzzle and Proof: A Decade of Problems from the Utah Math Olympiad is a compilation of the problems and solutions for the first 10 years of the Utah Math Olympiad. The problems are challenging but should be understandable at a high school level. Besides putting all problems in one place (70 in total), which have not previously appeared in print, the book provides additional inspiration for many of the problems and will contain the first published solutions for 10 problems that were originally published on the contest flyer. The book will be a fantastic resource for anyone who enjoys mathematical and/or logic puzzles or is interested in studying for mathematics competitions. Features 70 carefully designed, high-quality high-school level math proof problems, with full solutions Detailed pictures and diagrams throughout to aid understanding Suitable for anyone with high school-level mathematics skills with an interest in furthering their understanding, or just enjoying the puzzles Solutions in the back of the book, sorting the problems by difficulty and topic.