Project 1.2

Find some puzzles, tricks, or magic stunts that are based on mathematics. Write a paper describing the tricks and also indicate why they work.

References

William Schaaf, A Bibliography of Recreational Mathematics (Washington, D.C.: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1970).
See also the Journal of Recreational Mathematics. Try this search engine: YAHOO Search Results:
http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=math+puzzles
(over 50 excellent sources)

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