HAGLEY AND TRENCH'S

Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure

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Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure is a collection of beautiful maths puzzles devised by maths teacher Alison Hagley and artist Cally Trench, designed to appeal to adults (and children) as a rewarding and relaxing pleasure. There are no written instructions; the pictures are the puzzles.

Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Balloons Puzzle

We hope that you will enjoy working out what the puzzle requires from the pictures, and take pleasure in finding the solution. The puzzles are not graded in difficulty so as to avoid preconceptions about the ease with which the puzzle should be solved.

Some of Hagley and Trench's puzzles are included in Write Read Puzzle, published by Artlink / Oxford Hospitals Charity (2020), a booklet of entertainnments for people in or visiting hospital.

Alison Hagley is a mathematics teacher at a comprehensive school in Bushey and has been teaching for fourteen years. She has a BSc (Hons) in Mathematical Sciences from the Open University. She is fascinated by solving mathematical puzzles and games. As a teacher, she has observed that students enjoy visual puzzles and the lack of instructions, and that they take pride in the journey to find a solution.

Click on each image for a free downloadable pdf version of the puzzle. The solutions (in black and white) are on the second page of each pdf.
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Clocks Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Dice Birds Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Fish Sums Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Hats Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Helter-Skelter Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Jill-in-a-Box Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Fish Shadow Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Number Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Odd-One-Out Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Playing Cards Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: See-Saw Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Vases Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Skull Reflections Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Dice Flowers Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Towers Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Balloons Puzzle 2
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Fish Sums Puzzle 2
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Flowers Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Jill-in-a-Box Puzzle 2
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Butterfly Shadow Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Number Puzzle 2
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Cats Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Hats and Flowers Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Wheel-of-Fish Puzzle 1
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Wheel-of-Fish Puzzle 2
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Windows Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Snake Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Fish Sums Puzzle 3
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Seaside Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Stars and Hats Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Rotating Stars Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Hands and Compasses Puzzle
Hagley and Trench's Beautiful Mathematical Puzzles for Pleasure: Dragons Puzzle

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