Matchstick Puzzles

By Jack Botermans

Book Overview

The common wooden matchstick, with its brightly colored tip and sturdy box, has inspired tricks and puzzles ever since it was invented. Here's a collection of the most baffling matchstick puzzles of all time, from the six riddles of the nine squares to the astonishing effect of the matchstick telegraph. Can you build a bridge with just two matches? Can you balance matchstick equations? Can you calculate how many matches you would need to cover the distance from the earth to the moon? With a rating of easy, medium, or difficult for each puzzle and illustrations showing colorful matchbox covers from around the world, this fascinating potpourri of brain-benders will provide hours of amusement for young and old alike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402736991
• ISBN13: 9781402736995
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 5.6"