Mensa Challenge Your Brain Math & Logic Puzzles (Mensa)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A great workout!
  • Best Puzzle Book I've Ever Worked!
Mensa Challenge Your Brain Math & Logic Puzzles (Mensa)
Dave Tuller , and Michael Rios
Manufacturer: Sterling
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Binding: Spiral-bound

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ASIN: 1402714491

Book Description

Give your brain a workout on the type of brainteasers that challenge the best solvers at the World Puzzle Championships. They're tough, but fun, and the feeling of satisfaction you get when you succeed is simply unbeatable. Some of the puzzles are oldies but goodies, like battleships--and its many variants--where you search for a fleet hidden within a grid. In "Eminent Domain," try to determine which blanks cells are owned by the numbered ones. For "Hex Loops," locate a path that travels through adjacent hexagons: the trick is, it has to end where it started, and the lines can't touch or cross. From Snaky Tiles to Spiral Galaxies, these Mensa-level conundrums will get your mind in shape.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A great workout!.......2007-08-14

A great book for those of you who are preparing for a puzzle competition and are looking for an exercise book (as I was when I bought this one). Despite it is only 96 pages, it has a great variety of puzzles, mostly contest types.

There are around 10 to 20 puzzles of each type, and these are:

- Alternate corners
- Battleships (classic, crowded, hexagonal, minesweeper, numerical, ocean view, semicircular)
- Corral
- Deja Vu
- Dominoes (domino hunt)
- Eminent domain
- End View (like ABCD)
- Fences (including big field fences and pentomino fences)
- Hex Loops
- Lighthouses
- Minesweeper
- Number place
- Nurikabe
- Oxtails
- Clouds
- Skyscrapers (only the 'number of buildings' type)
- Snaky tiles
- Spiral galaxies
- Spokes
- Square Roots
- Tents

The level of difficulty is pretty good, at least for the puzzles I tried.
The only drawback is that most of the puzzles are too small, especially the Fences. I've seen books where the puzzles on the answer pages are bigger than these ones. It's not like they are so small that makes it impossible to work them out, but still pretty small. What I'm doing on other books and will on that one too is to scan the puzzles, cut the white spaces and print them back again on larger sheets. This way you are not ruining your book when drawing and erasing and you can print (and solve) certain pages as many times as you like.

Highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars Best Puzzle Book I've Ever Worked!.......2007-02-10

If you love puzzles, this book is a **must have**! This is hands down the best puzzle book I have ever worked. There is a wide variety of puzzles and they are all unique, not your standard logic problems. Prepare to be challenged, these puzzles are definitely for the puzzle solver at heart! What a great mental workout!
Mensa Crosswords for the Super Smart: 72 Cranium-Crushing Challenges (Mensa)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Mensa Crosswords for the Super Smart: 72 Cranium-Crushing Challenges (Mensa)
Frank Longo
Manufacturer: Sterling
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Binding: Spiral-bound

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ASIN: 1402713878

Book Description

You always said you were smart. Now here's a chance to prove it, with the most challenging crossword collection ever.

There are very few black squares in these crosswords, which means that most of the answers are long. Some of the information required challenges every facet of your general knowledge. And even when the answers aren't hard, the clues can be quite tricky. Try this, in the long answer category: what's a 15-letter word for "Psychiatrists' suggestions, sometimes"? In the area of specialized learning, do you know what "Limón or Vaníla" (10 letters) refers to? And in the matter of tricky clues: what's the five-letter answer to "'_____ nui loa' ('Fondest regards,' in Maui)"? Give up? Answers: ANTIDEPRESSANTS, BACARDI RUM, and ALOHA. If you can fill in all the blanks in these 72 cranium crushers, you're super smart, indeed.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The main question I asked myself...........2007-09-26

...when I finally finished Longo's second cranium crushing crossword book (CCC2 as I would call this Mensa Crosswords book), today, was.......

"Now what am I going to do with the rest of my life?"

What I mean by this is: This was simply the very best crossword book I have ever (almost) completed!

Lemme explain:

Most chronic solvers like myself consider themselves connoisseurs to justify their massive fun and time investment. We also think it somehow "sharpens" our brains or prevents or postpones early Alzheimer changes. Very good chance it does. While this book may not be proven to increase IQ points in double blind controlled studies, it most certainly slows down the IQ point loss we young 60-year old whippersnappers can often experience.

If you are one of those many people I know who feel their IQ is much higher than what it is in reality, and are buying this book to prove it....fuhgedaboutit! You will meet with massive defeat! The book is grizzly, grueling, painful, thorny, every step of the way. I found it to be measurably harder than CCC1, Longo's first book, and it took me a bit longer to solve CCC2 than CCC1. I would like to think the reason for this is not because I turned 60 last month, but because it really is harder chiefly because Longo was the first pioneering cruciverbalist to say bye-bye to restraining American symmetry and do things, all difficult for him and you, to make things MUCH more interesting and tough.

Bye-bye American symmetry, and good riddance. We will never miss you!

I promise you that if you are a masochistic habanero chewer and like to burn off your nose hairs with lighter fluid just to prove how macho you are, this book is for you. It rocks. The 2 very unique things about Mensa Crosswords is that:

#1: Every crossword will be completely different from any other one you have ever solved. Every puzzle will have MANY words and phrases you have never seen before.

#2: Every puzzle will have at least one or two hall-of-fame clues which you will recall for many days or months and chuckle when you think about them.

But make no mistake---Longo will boldly keep his reputation as America's #1 wholesome constructor, and king of smooth, seamless entries.

The main drawback of the book will be, that, after you are finished, and probably are also bloody, fried, comatose, perhaps angry, but knowing you have permanently doubled your IQ (which in my case is now up to 140), you will say:

"Now what am I going to do with the rest of my life?"

Respectively submitted,

Popeye

3 out of 5 stars Watch for repackaged product.......2007-07-30

It's frustrating to buy a book and find that the puzzles have already been published in different books with different covers.

This is the third look for these puzzles that I am aware of.

2 out of 5 stars mensa disappoints.......2007-05-14

these puzzles are indeed challenging. they are filled with pointless trivia and contain no humor. there are equally difficult puzzles that entertain and amuse as one goes about solving. these have no charm

5 out of 5 stars Nearly perfect -- and tough.......2006-07-18

Delivers as described, large swaths of white squares, many answers stacked and traversing the entire width or height of the diagram. Takes a long time to figure out, but when you do (aha!), the letters fill in quickly due to the long answers cascading together. The clues are clever and contemporary, referencing the latest events and popular culture. If you like the Saturday NY Times puzzles, this book is for you, because these puzzles are even harder.

Also, half the puzzles do not follow the traditional symmetry of grid design. Personally, I didn't mind at all.

A thoughtful touch is the book design: spiral bound pages, stiff covers, bright white paper make for convenient solving. The solution pages are bound so that the appropriate answer appears directly under the puzzle you're attempting -- another nice touch.

5 out of 5 stars These are nasty, all right!.......2006-07-15

Many "tough" crossword compilations fall in the medium-to-hard category, not nearly challenging enough for those of us who love to torture ourselves by staring at arcane clues, trying to figure out what the puzzler was thinking ... of course, the joy of the "aha" moment more than compensates for the torture. The Mensa Crosswords, I'm happy to say, live up to the "cranium-crushing" description. (I finished them, but I admit to peeking at the answers on a few occasions!) I hope Mr. Longo will favor us with a Volume 2 soon.
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    Mensa Puzzle Challenge 3
    Robert G. Allen
    Manufacturer: Carlton Books
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    Mensa All-Color Puzzle Book 2: Challenge your mind with over 400 full color puzzles
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Excellent Assortment of Brain Benders
    Mensa All-Color Puzzle Book 2: Challenge your mind with over 400 full color puzzles
    Robert Allen
    Manufacturer: Firefly Books
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Paperback
    ASIN: 1552095002

    Book Description

    Here are more than 400 fun and challenging full color puzzles for the puzzle junkie. Lateral thinking puzzles, word and number puzzles, logic brainteasers, letter grids, visual puzzles and more, all graded according to degree of difficulty: easy, medium and hard. All answers are included, as is information on joining the Mensa societies in the United States or Canada.

    See it's sister book Mensa All-Color Puzzle Book 1 for more fun.

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Excellent Assortment of Brain Benders.......2003-07-14

    This book is laid out beautifully and contains over three hundred full-color brain benders. It follows in the Mensa tradition of difficult yet visually pleasing puzzlers. A great choice.
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      Mensa Mind Challenge includes more than 500 puzzles, from cunning numerical conundrums and testing word games to logic teasers, enigmatic lateral thinking tests, and abstract visual problems. They don't follow any special pattern, so you'll never know what challenge is lying in wait on the next page. Organized by level of difficulty from straightforward to downright devilish, you'll get some practice in puzzle thinking with the easy section, build skills in the medium section, and develop an edge for the really hard part. No special skills or abilities are needed -- just common sense, basic literacy, the ability to think things through, and determination.
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        Take the Mensa challenge. These extraordinarily entertaining puzzles can confound even those with high IQs--and that's what makes them such delightfully tricky fun. A few can be solved relatively quickly, but the hardest may seem nearly impossible to crack. Give your skills a real workout on numerical conundrums, word games, lateral thinking problems, and riddles. Brainteasers, arranged in order of difficulty, train the mind and provide a good time all at once. The most complex bafflers include chess, logic, and spatial puzzles. Here's just one example of what's inside: A farmer has twenty sheep, ten pigs, and ten cows. If we call the pigs cows, how many cows will he have?

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        Mensa All-Color Puzzle Book 1: Hundreds of puzzles to challenge you
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          Robert Allen
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          Now color adds a new dimension to Mensa puzzles. This collection of over 400 puzzles -- riddles, word puzzles, number problems, general knowledge quizzes, logic tests, visual and spatial posers, pattern recognition brainteaser, color analysis trials and lateral thinking puzzles -- is enough to keep the best occupied and challenged.

          The Mensa All-Color Puzzle Book 1 is perfect for puzzle junkies. Progressing in degree of difficulty from easy to medium to hard, the variety of puzzles will appeal to all ages of puzzle-solvers. Information on how to join the Mensa societies in the United States and Canada is included.

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          Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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          Release Date: 2005-10-04

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          2 out of 5 stars Why Bother?.......2003-06-13

          First of all, its rather "stupid" to buy a book that appeals by offering the reader that it'll "boost their IQ". Your IQ doesn't simply skyrocket (or go up) by doing a book full of foolish exercises, in fact doing these exercises will do either of the following to you: 1) make you feel rather confident and elite OR 2) make you feel stupid and throw away the book because you feel IQ doesn't prove anything. In either case the reader has a right to feel that way, however, one should be aware that an IQ test simply serve as a rather easy way to determine a person's abilities because there are no better way to do so. If there were better, complex and accurate ways to determine intelligence abilities we wouldn't be wasting time and money and screwy pictures. Nevertheless, buy this book to amuse yourself with screwy pictures and exercises and feel insecure about your abilities OR laugh at others and feel good about yourself. In either case if the book has made you feel superior for the day then it is certainly worth your time and money, else don't buy it.

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          This is a comment on MENSA: CHALLENGE YOUR IQ by Harold Gale and Carolyn Skitt. As a psychologist who has administered thousands of IQ tests, I was intrigued (and disappointed) by the skewed nature of the IQ distribution used in this book. The standard deviation of most commercial IQ tests is 15. Thus, an IQ of 130 is two standard deviations above the mean, which falls at the 98th percentile and qualifies the examinee for membership in Mensa. The IQ scale used in CHALLENGE YOUR IQ is grossly inflated. The standard deviation appears to be 24! Thus, a person who scores 115 on a commerical IQ test would get an equivalent IQ of 124 in this book. This is a whopping difference and is bound to make readers think they are far smarter than is actually the case.

          4 out of 5 stars worth your while.......2002-01-03

          as per previous reviews, the only fault I have with the book is that it does tend to get repetitive and, as far as challenging goes - well, some of the problems are a measure of sheer tediousness rather than smarts. But perhaps that's good in developing EQ so a benefit to be gained anyway. If you like 'puzzles' then this is not a book for you. It is a series of IQ tests.

          2 out of 5 stars ....Challenge your IQ.......2000-10-04

          Something usefull to know about this book i think is that it is very repetitive; That is the book consists of 8 graduating tests, but you are introduced to the majority of the puzzles in the book in the first 2 or 3. After that they are reconfigured to be more difficult but they are still the same problems. I certainly found it difficult grinding out some of the tedious exercises but would have apreciated a greater variety of puzzles myself. I felt the book didn't require or prompt a big deal of creative thinking.

          5 out of 5 stars two words-Buy it.......2000-08-18

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              4 out of 5 stars A great start.......2007-10-03

              Has most of the critical info, but don't use this alone. You will need to supplement it with the PMBOK. I also used Information Technology Project Management, Fourth Edition (Paperback) by Kathy Schwalbe

              I have been a PM for 8 years. I used the books I mentioned (as well as the ExamCram), studied lightly each chapter using the CompTIA objectives and Sybex book as a primary indicator of the exam, and passed first try.

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              4 out of 5 stars deserves 3.5 stars. boring at times. overall decent........2007-09-28

              I did not take the exam (went for CAPM instead), but I did read the book. It deserves 3.5 stars. boring at times. overall decent, only if you have time and patience to read through the book which is difficult.

              4 out of 5 stars IT Project+ 2nd edition -.......2007-06-12

              I found the book to be exactly as it claims -- study guide towards compTIA's Project+ certification. The book covers majority of topics in the actual exam. I passed the exam this week based on reading this book a couple of times & reading thru compTIA's ILT-series workbook.

              3 out of 5 stars Worked for me.......2006-04-17

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              3 out of 5 stars I didn't like the book, but I couldn't find a better book for the exam.......2005-09-17

              I've done my PMP certification 2 weeks prior to the CompTIA Project+ certification. I was told the Project+ certification was a watered down PMP certification. Well, it ain't exactly the same thing.

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              ASIN: 0789734621

              Book Description

              The PMP Exam Cram 2, Second Edition provides PMP exam candidates a condensed and focused study vehicle. Organized for optimal learning of criccal project management steps, it covers all objective areas presented by PMI. Candidates using the PMP Exam Cram 2, Second Edition will be able to easily decipher and effectively use PMI's PMBOK. You'll also find notes, tips and cautions to extend on PMP content, and it will explain the differences between traditional methods of project management and what PMI considers to be good project management techniques. Exam Alerts will help alert you to content that will most likely appear on the PMP exam, and practice questions are found both in the book and on the accompanying CD-ROM. You'll even be prepared for last-minute studying with the Cram Sheet tearcard. Give yourself the best chance possible for a great test score with the PMP Exam Cram 2, Second Edition.

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              The PMP Exam Cram 2, Second Edition provides PMP exam candidates a condensed and focused study vehicle. Organized for optimal learning of criccal project management steps, it covers all objective areas presented by PMI. Candidates using the PMP Exam Cram 2, Second Edition will be able to easily decipher and effectively use PMI's PMBOK. You'll also find notes, tips and cautions to extend on PMP content, and it will explain the differences between traditional methods of project management and what PMI considers to be good project management techniques. Exam Alerts will help alert you to content that will most likely appear on the PMP exam, and practice questions are found both in the book and on the accompanying CD-ROM. You'll even be prepared for last-minute studying with the Cram Sheet tearcard. Give yourself the best chance possible for a great test score with the PMP Exam Cram 2, Second Edition.

              Customer Reviews:

              5 out of 5 stars Must have.......2007-05-06

              If you plan to take the PMP exam, this one of the books that will help you.

              It was one of two books I used to pass the exam in 2005 (did not study the PMBOK) and it prepare you for the exam ... it focus on passing the exam

              2 out of 5 stars Too many typos and factual mistakes.......2007-02-09

              This book is okay for a secondary (or tertiary) review tool, but only if you've done your real studying with a better study guide, such as PMP In Depth by Paul Sanghera. Exam Cram 2 (2nd edition) has enough factual mistakes (such as referring to "the five knowledge areas" of "initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing," when these are actually process groups, and there are nine, not five knowledge areas) that I don't completely trust the other information I'm reading. Another example is that this book sometimes uses the terms "process tool" and "process input" interchangeably, although they are completely different concepts under PMI. And one potential answer to a test question about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs was "self acquisition," which I think was a spellchecker's attempt to correct a misspelled "self actualization."

              1 out of 5 stars Useless ebook.......2006-02-07

              I've downloaded the ebook only to find out that you can only print 20 pages each time within 30 days. So it will take more that 15 months to print this 304 pages book. I check the amazon description before purchasing - it says the ebook was printable ... It's shear cheating and I demand my money back!!!
              PMP: Project Management Professional Study Guide, 2nd Edition
              Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
              • Good starter
              • Do not study with this book
              • This book is out of date
              • Very helpful in passing the CAPM exam
              • Conflicting Processes Names and Knowledge Area Allocations to PMBOK
              PMP: Project Management Professional Study Guide, 2nd Edition
              Kim Heldman , PMP, Kim Heldman , and Sybex
              Manufacturer: Sybex
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Paperback

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              ASIN: 0782143237

              Book Description

              Whether you're a current project manager seeking to validate the skills and knowledge acquired through years of practical experience or a newcomer to the PM field looking to strengthen your resume, the PMP certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) provides you with the means to do so. This updated edition of the best-selling PMP: Project Management Professional Study Guide was developed to help you prepare for this challenging exam, and includes additional study tools designed to reinforce understanding of critical subject areas.
              Key Topics Include:
              * Project Initiation. Determining project goals, identifying constraints and assumptions, defining strategies, producing documentation.
              * Project Planning. Refining a project, creating a WBS, developing a resource management plan, establishing controls, obtaining approval.
              * Project Execution. Committing and implementing resources, managing and communicating progress, implementing quality assurance procedures.
              * Project Control. Measuring Performance, taking corrective action, ensuring compliance, reassessing control plans, responding to risk event triggers.
              * Project Closing. Documenting lessons learned, facilitating closure, preserving records and tools, releasing resources.
              * Professional Responsibility. Ensuring integrity, contributing to knowledge base, balancing stakeholder interests, respecting differences.

              Customer Reviews:

              4 out of 5 stars Good starter.......2007-05-09

              I finished 3/4 of the book so far...not bad..it is a tough exam anyways...and you need to memorize a lot...the book is good....but you need to know how to benefit from it...i mean....sometimes in one small paragraph you find all what you need...and sometimes you read pages for nothing....

              the book is based on the pmp knowledge areas.... which makes studying a bit boring sometimes....afterall maybe the material is heavy and it is not the books problem.....

              I actually bought this book and rita's...so i believe it is a good start then you can jump into rita's...

              1 out of 5 stars Do not study with this book.......2007-02-07

              I studied from this book for weeks and never improved on the assessment exams. With one day before test day, and in a bit of a panic, I threw the book in the waste basket and purchased the Rita Mulcahy text which had been recommended to me repeatedly. The one day I spent with the Mulcahy book was worth more than the 60 days I spent with the Heldman text for the following reasons:

              1. The Heldman book does not follow the same format as the PMBOK. I at first considered this an advantage as I thought the different format would help my brain learn the material in a different way. This theory did not prove true. The Mulcahy book follows the same format as the PMBOK.

              2. The chapter assessments and practice exam questions are confusing and there are bugs in the software that cut off some of the questions and answers. I assumed the format was indicative of how confusing the questions would be on the actual exam. This turned out to not be the case and in retrospect I wonder if the questions were scored correctly at all. The questions I saw on the exam were much more closely aligned with the format of the questions in the Mulcahy book.

              3. The Mulcahy book includes additional exercises and "games" that will prepare you for the exam very well.

              Do not buy this book.

              1 out of 5 stars This book is out of date.......2006-12-23

              Don't Study this book if you are trying to pass the PMP Certification Exam. This book is out of date. Be sure to buy a PMP Examp Prep book that was written for the PMBOK 3rd Edition.

              4 out of 5 stars Very helpful in passing the CAPM exam.......2006-06-19

              The book combined with computer based test simulations are a very good preparation regiment. The book is very terse but cuts through to the case on what you need to know to pass the test.

              The writing is not particularly great but is effective. It would be helpful to a bit more graphic representation of the various phases and processes. The practice tests at the end of the characters are helpful but they are not very representative of the actual questions in the CAPM test. I am not sure if the questions are representative of the PMP test.

              Overall, a web-based practice test should accompany the book. The CD that came with the book was helpful but the questions again were not the best representation of the test questions.

              The book did get me up to speed very quickly in prepartion for the test.

              2 out of 5 stars Conflicting Processes Names and Knowledge Area Allocations to PMBOK.......2006-05-25

              In Kim Heldmans "PMP Study Guide 2nd Edition" Kim has very different processes than the PMBOK (names and what knowledge group the process belongs to).

              For example, Kim has 'Admin closure' in the Closing Process Group/Project Communications Knowledge Area, where as the PMBOK, does not have 'Admin closure' as a process at all.

              Another example is that the PMBOK lists 'Create WBS' as a process in the Planning Process Group/Project Scope Knowledge Area, where as Kim does not list this process at all.

              Another example is that the PMBOK has 'Create Project Charter' and 'Create Preliminary Scope Statement' as processes in the Planning Process Group/Project Integration Knowledge Area, Kim has nothing in this intersection; but has an 'Initiating' Process in the Initiation group and designates it in the scope knowledge area - the PMBOK has nothing in the Initiation/Scope group.

              These are just a few of many differences.

              This is all extremely confusing and I would like an explanation. I think it is very poor of a book which references the PMBOK to have so many conflicts with the PMBOK.
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                Ethics in America Study Guide - 2nd Edition {2004} (Annenberg/CPB Project)
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