Having Fun With Problem-Solving

By Roy Wysnewski

One of the important 'life-skills', known as 'problem-solving', has had great impact on me during my lifetime. And while I've experienced just about every kind of problem-solving situation imaginable, the ones that are most enjoyable to me personally are those associated with novel math, science and logic problems. Earlier this year while browsing Facebook posts, several novel math/numbers type problems caught my attention. For me, solving such problems is a 'fun' experience and judging by the surprisingly positive response to these posts, there are many of you out there in cyber-space who also find enjoyment in this type of problem-solving. While working with these entertaining problems, it occurred to me that I have in my files a number of similar ones that I accumulated over the years. In addition to math/numbers problems, my collection includes uniquely novel and sometimes 'tricky' logic, science and even playing card problems all of which I thoroughly enjoyed solving. So, the thought occurred to me -- why not share the fun solving these neat problems with others via an e-book memoir specifically about problem-solving.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Roy Wysnewski
• Release date: Nov 20, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370097838

Roy Wysnewski

I am a retired Nondestructive Testing Engineer/Manager living for the past twenty-five years with my wife Judy in Sarasota, Florida.At one point in my life, as a junior in college, I considered entering the field of meteorology. When that didn't materialize, I made a personal vow to become an amateur meteorologist and monitor the weather when I retired --- and that's what I did beginning in 1999.Unique lifetime weather experiences together with a very satisfactory eighteen years monitoring the local weather while volunteering as a Weather Spotter for the National Weather Service led me to write 'Whether To, Or Weather - Not To'.

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Having Fun With Problem-Solving

A Memoir

By Roy Wysnewski

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CONTENT

INTRODUCTION

PROBLEMS - CONVENTIONAL

1. Math/Science

2. Numbers

3. Numbers (Age)

4. Math/Science

5. Math (Magic)

6. Numbers (Percentages)

7. Logic

8. Science

9. Logic

10. Cards

11. Algebraic Math

12. Numbers/Math

13. Logic

14. Math

15. Numbers/Logic

16. Numbers/Math

PROBLEMS - 'FAR OUT'

INFINITY

17. Infinity/Numbers

18. Infinity/Numbers

19. Infinity (Pi)

20. Infinity/Math/Physics

UNIVERSE

21. Universe/Astronomy - Cosmology

ANSWERS

1. Math/Numbers

2. Numbers

3. Numbers (Age)

4. Math/Science

5. Math (Magic)

6. Numbers (Percentages)

7. Logic

8. Science

9. Logic

10. Cards

11. Algebraic Math

12. Numbers/Math

13. Logic

14. Math

15. Numbers/Logic

16. Numbers/Math

17. Infinity/Numbers

18. Infinity/Numbers

19. Infinity (Pi)

20. Infinity/Math/Physics

21. Universe/Astronomy - Cosmology

About The Author

HAVING FUN WITH PROBLEM-SOLVING

INTRODUCTION

Problem-solving, hereafter identified as P-S, is reported to be among the six most important life skills. And while we frequently do P-S, we generally don't become conscious of the process until our early school years. The reason for this is that the skills involved like being analytical -- the ability to separate a problem into meaningful parts, and methodical -- the ability to develop a procedure for achieving an answer to the problem -- take time to develop and