000			01796nam a2200253 4500
008			160616s1996 000 0
020			_a0883853256
041			_aeng
080			_a51 _bKON
100			_aKonhauser, Joseph D E.
245			_aWhich way did the Bicycle Go? _bAnd other Intriguing Mathematical Mysteries
260			_aWashington _bMathematical Association of America _c1996
300			_axv,235 p.
490			_aDolciani Mathematical Expositions, _v18
505			_aPreface Plane geometry Number theory Algebra Combinatorics and graph theory Three-dimensional geometry Miscellaneous Solutions
520			_aThis book provides a collection of 191 mathematical problems aimed at the advanced high school student level and above. Problems cover general mathematical areas including plane geometry, three-dimensional geometry, number theory, algebra, combinatorics and graph theory, and a number of miscellaneous questions that combine mathematical disciplines. The book is divided into two major sections: the first section contains the problems themselves; the second section contains the solutions, historical and other notes, and auxiliary problems without solutions. Problems range from determining the direction of travel of a bicycle leaving tracks in the mud, to determining if two equal amounts of pizza are cut using eight 45-degree wedges meeting at a point other than the center, to determining if a manufacturer's claim that a certain unusual combination lock allows for thousands of combinations. Contains 175 references. (AIM)
650			_a Mathematical Application
650			_aProblem Solving, Thinking Skills
650			_aMathematical Aptitude
690			_aMathematics
700			_aYelleman, Dan.
700			_aWagon, Stan.
942			_cBK
999			_c14291 _d14291