BRAIN SIZZLERS. Puzzles for Critical Thinkers. Celia Baron SECOND EDITION. Good Year Books Tucson, Arizona

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1 BRAIN SIZZLERS Puzzles for Critical Thinkers SECOND EDITION Celia Baron Good Year Books Tucson, Arizona

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3 Contents In the Cards... 1 What a Square!... 2 Tunnel Vision... 3 Cubism... 4 Valuable Letters... 5 Made to Order... 6 Dollars and Sense... 7 Number Bracelet... 8 That Was Some Day... 9 Four Lines and a Circle Missing Number Barnyard Jumble Pickup Sticks Checking Squares On the Dotted Line Food for Thought Go Figure A Tall Order A Weighty Matter It s Raining Cats and Dogs Letter Wise Way Out In Truth It s a Wrap Sticktoitiveness Canny Cat Field Work Sum Circle Family Portrait Is That It? Pop Quiz Toothpick Trauma Chime Time Squarely Speaking Word Power Parting the Stars Pieceful Who s Got My Number? Tennis Tournament Target Practice... 40

4 Sum Up a Tree Fair and Square Try Colors Three Generations Go the Route Well Done For Your Money Sum Path Letter Perfect Print-Out In Balance Ladder Adder Putting It All into Perspective Fencing Phenomenon On the Double It s a S-t-r-e-t-c-h An Enigma Out of Fashion At Sixes and Sevens By the Way The Logiks Triplets Take Five A Square Deal Number Arrangement Dollar Dilemma Magic Square Upon My Word! A Cut above Average Spell It Out The Big Four Owe Bon Voyage Family Matters Zero In Rate a Minute Gubs, Gobs, and Gabs Sum Totals Touchdown Spaced Age Page Gauge Toothpick Turmoil Solutions... 82

5 BRAIN SIZZLERS 1 From Brain Sizzlers, 2nd Edition, Copyright Good Year Books. This page may be reproduced for classroom use only by the actual purchaser of the book. In the Cards How many cards must you draw from a deck of 52 cards to guarantee you have at least 5 cards of one suit? (Hint: A suit is any of 4 matching card sets clubs, diamonds, hearts, or spades used in card games.)

6 2 BRAIN SIZZLERS What a Square! Fill in each box with one of the five different symbols shown. When completed, no row, column, or diagonal line should use the same symbol more than once. From Brain Sizzlers, 2nd Edition, Copyright Good Year Books. This page may be reproduced for classroom use only by the actual purchaser of the book.

7 BRAIN SIZZLERS 3 From Brain Sizzlers, 2nd Edition, Copyright Good Year Books. This page may be reproduced for classroom use only by the actual purchaser of the book. Tunnel Vision A train, 1 mile in length and traveling at 60 mph, just passed through a 1-mile tunnel. How long did it take the entire train to pass through the tunnel?