Mindgames: Probability Games

By Ivan Moscovich

Think outside the box Card Shark, Marble Madness, Sock It to Me & Dizzy Walk In the beginning there's "Jewels of Xanadu" on the cover--where the chances of unlocking the special color-coded safe could be 1 in millions or 1 in 64, depending on where you start. And once you've survived that, another 25 mind-stretching puzzles await. Win a coin-toss game with three friends, calculate the real odds of winning the lottery, predict the chance of pulling the one green marble out of a box of red ones. Think like a mathematician, making sense of seemingly random events.Bring a pencil, but remember--"(1)" you don't have to be a whiz to play, because "(2)" the most important skills you'll need are curiosity and an open mind. (Solutions and explanations are provided of course )

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761120173
• ISBN13: 9780761120179
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7