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How Many Guinea Pigs Can Fit on a Plane?: Answers to Your Most Clever Math Questions

Laura Overdeck

This book approaches mathematics through offbeat questions that ask readers to calculate unlikely quantities. Among its puzzles are how many bees are needed for a jar of honey, how many soccer balls could fit inside a hollow Earth, and how much chewing gum it would take to keep someone attached to a wall. Photographs and colorful illustrations accompany the questions, alongside resources and seven math tricks for working through these unusual problems.

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Themes
Mathematics · Problem Solving · Science
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Published
June 6, 2017
ISBN-13
9781250072290
Language
English
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