Jerry Kaplan is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Education at Seton Hall University, where he taught for 28 years. He has written widely on many areas of teaching and learning mathematics, applying research to the practical needs of the mathematics curriculum and classroom, and is a strong advocate for including quality problems as an integral part of good math instruction.

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• Preface Try It! Hints and Solutions 1. Finding a Pair in the Dark 2. Planting Bushes in a Line 3. Dividing Land Equally 4. Choosing One for All 5. Constructing Revolutionary Equations 6. Arriving at the Same Time? 7. Getting to 50 First 8. Counting Automobiles and Motorcycles 9. Finding Pentominoes 10. Painting a Cube 11. Getting It Right 12. Passing Trains 13. Taking the Census? 14. Finding the Day of Birth 15. Folding Squares into Open Cubes 16. Using Handshakes to Find How Many 17. Counting Toothpicks 18. Getting Heads and Tails 19. Finding Area on a Grid 20. Lining Up Pails 21. Finding Prime Numbers 22. Painting a Cube… Again 23. Drawing Carefully 24. Keeping It Real 25. Finding N Coins Equal to $1 Try It! More Math Problems for All: Photocopiable Problems 1. Finding a Pair in the Dark 2. Planting Bushes in a Line 3. Dividing Land Equally 4. Choosing One for All 5. Constructing Revolutionary Equations 6. Arriving at the Same Time? 7. Getting to 50 First 8. Counting Automobiles and Motorcycles 9. Finding Pentominoes 10. Painting a Cube 11. Getting It Right 12. Passing Trains 13. Taking the Census? 14. Finding the Day of Birth 15. Folding Squares into Open Cubes 16. Using Handshakes to Find How Many 17. CountingToothpicks 18. Getting Heads and Tails 19. Finding Area on a Grid 20. Lining Up Pails 21. Finding Prime Numbers 22. Painting a Cube… Again 23. Drawing Carefully 24. Keeping It Real 25. Finding N Coins Equal to $1 About the Author About the Illustrator

Jerry Kaplan is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Education at Seton Hall University, where he taught for 28 years. He has written widely on many areas of teaching and learning mathematics, applying research to the practical needs of the mathematics curriculum and classroom, and is a strong advocate for including quality problems as an integral part of good math instruction.

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• Preface Try It! Hints and Solutions 1. Finding a Pair in the Dark 2. Planting Bushes in a Line 3. Dividing Land Equally 4. Choosing One for All 5. Constructing Revolutionary Equations 6. Arriving at the Same Time? 7. Getting to 50 First 8. Counting Automobiles and Motorcycles 9. Finding Pentominoes 10. Painting a Cube 11. Getting It Right 12. Passing Trains 13. Taking the Census? 14. Finding the Day of Birth 15. Folding Squares into Open Cubes 16. Using Handshakes to Find How Many 17. Counting Toothpicks 18. Getting Heads and Tails 19. Finding Area on a Grid 20. Lining Up Pails 21. Finding Prime Numbers 22. Painting a Cube… Again 23. Drawing Carefully 24. Keeping It Real 25. Finding N Coins Equal to $1 Try It! More Math Problems for All: Photocopiable Problems 1. Finding a Pair in the Dark 2. Planting Bushes in a Line 3. Dividing Land Equally 4. Choosing One for All 5. Constructing Revolutionary Equations 6. Arriving at the Same Time? 7. Getting to 50 First 8. Counting Automobiles and Motorcycles 9. Finding Pentominoes 10. Painting a Cube 11. Getting It Right 12. Passing Trains 13. Taking the Census? 14. Finding the Day of Birth 15. Folding Squares into Open Cubes 16. Using Handshakes to Find How Many 17. CountingToothpicks 18. Getting Heads and Tails 19. Finding Area on a Grid 20. Lining Up Pails 21. Finding Prime Numbers 22. Painting a Cube… Again 23. Drawing Carefully 24. Keeping It Real 25. Finding N Coins Equal to $1 About the Author About the Illustrator

Jerry Kaplan is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Education at Seton Hall University, where he taught for 28 years. He has written widely on many areas of teaching and learning mathematics, applying research to the practical needs of the mathematics curriculum and classroom, and is a strong advocate for including quality problems as an integral part of good math instruction.

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• Preface Try It! Hints and Solutions 1. Finding a Pair in the Dark 2. Planting Bushes in a Line 3. Dividing Land Equally 4. Choosing One for All 5. Constructing Revolutionary Equations 6. Arriving at the Same Time? 7. Getting to 50 First 8. Counting Automobiles and Motorcycles 9. Finding Pentominoes 10. Painting a Cube 11. Getting It Right 12. Passing Trains 13. Taking the Census? 14. Finding the Day of Birth 15. Folding Squares into Open Cubes 16. Using Handshakes to Find How Many 17. Counting Toothpicks 18. Getting Heads and Tails 19. Finding Area on a Grid 20. Lining Up Pails 21. Finding Prime Numbers 22. Painting a Cube… Again 23. Drawing Carefully 24. Keeping It Real 25. Finding N Coins Equal to $1 Try It! More Math Problems for All: Photocopiable Problems 1. Finding a Pair in the Dark 2. Planting Bushes in a Line 3. Dividing Land Equally 4. Choosing One for All 5. Constructing Revolutionary Equations 6. Arriving at the Same Time? 7. Getting to 50 First 8. Counting Automobiles and Motorcycles 9. Finding Pentominoes 10. Painting a Cube 11. Getting It Right 12. Passing Trains 13. Taking the Census? 14. Finding the Day of Birth 15. Folding Squares into Open Cubes 16. Using Handshakes to Find How Many 17. CountingToothpicks 18. Getting Heads and Tails 19. Finding Area on a Grid 20. Lining Up Pails 21. Finding Prime Numbers 22. Painting a Cube… Again 23. Drawing Carefully 24. Keeping It Real 25. Finding N Coins Equal to $1 About the Author About the Illustrator