Perelman's Entertaining Arithmetic
by Ya. I. Perelman
Translated by Valery Manokhin, PhD
The classic of Russian popular mathematics. Puzzles, riddles, and curiosities that make arithmetic genuinely entertaining.
🇺🇸 All levels (recreational arithmetic and number sense)
🇬🇧 All levels
🇨🇦 All levels
Adults and self-learners welcome — great mathematics has no age limit.
Published by Northern Star Academic Press · First faithful English translation from the original Russian edition
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