Math Trek

Math Trek: Adventures in the Math Zone There s a new amusement park in town. Come on in and find out all the exciting ways you can have fun with math in everyday life. Wander through the fractal forest, take a ride on the Mobius-strip roller coaster, and get dizzy learning about how math makes the Tilt-A-Whirl possible. The more activities you try, the more you'll learn how cool it can be to see the world through the eyes of a mathematician. Once you have sampled some of the interesting and unique projects in Math Trek, from untangling unknots to winning games with weird diceto figuring out secret codes, you ll see that every trip to the Math Zone is an exciting adventure!

Preface vii 1 Do Knot Enter 1 2 The MapZone 9 3 The Crazy Roller Coaster 19 5 Mersenne's Fun House 29 7 The Fractal Pond Race 39 11 Tilt-A-Whirl Madness 53 13 Luck on the Boredwalk 63 17 The Code-Locked Door 73 19 The Wild Game Hall 81 23 Way Out! 91 Answers 99 Glossary 107 Further Readings 109 Index 113