Will Shortz Presents Crazy for KenKen Easy to Hard: 100 Logic Puzzles That Make You Smarter

by Tetsuya Miyamoto, Will Shortz (Introduction)

Overview

Created in Japan by Tetsuya Miyamoto, KenKen has quickly become the successor to sudoku that the world's been waiting for. Like sudoku, KenKen has simple rules and is maddeningly addictive. The puzzles are based on logic and simple arithmetic and are fun for solvers of all ages.
Features: 100 easy to hard KenKen puzzles using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
Puzzle grids range in size from warm-up 3x3s to challenging 9x9s
Introduction and "How to Solve" instructions from legendary New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz
Big grids with lots of space for easy solving

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312546397
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/31/2009
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	372,616
Product dimensions:	9.22(w) x 6.04(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

TETSUYA MIYAMOTO, the creator of KenKen, is a math teacher who runs a unique mathematics class for grade school children in Japan where he practices "The Art of Teaching Without Teaching." His teaching method and use of KenKen in his classroom has proven extremely successful. His students regularly go on to be accepted at the most prestigious schools in Tokyo.

WILL SHORTZ has been the crossword puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993. He is also the puzzlemaster on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and is founder and director of the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. He has edited countless books of crossword puzzles, Sudoku, KenKen, and all manner of brain-busters.