Sample Puzzles
Listed below are the 14 puzzle sections in Punchline Problem Solving • 2nd Edition, each with a link to a sample puzzle from that section. Under each sample you'll find a brief comment about it's related section, as well as the puzzle's punchline.

Section of Book
Topic of Sample Puzzle

1. Problem Solving Strategies Make an Organized List

2. Problem Solving with Decimals All Operations with Decimals


3. Statistical Measures Mean, Median, and Mode


4. Geometry: Related Angles Intersecting Lines and Triangles


5. Problem Solving with Fractions Multiply Fractions


6. Geometry: Perimeter and Area Perimeter and Area of Rectangles


7. Geometry: Surface Area and Volume Surface Area of Rectangular Prisms


8. Algebra: Expressions and Equations Solving Equations: Addition or Subtraction


9. Problem Solving with Ratio and Proportion Proportion


10. Problem Solving with Percent Percent of a Number


11. Algebra: Patterns and Functions Functions and Graphs


12. Problem Solving Using the Rule of Pythagoras Finding the Hypotenuse


13. Probability Meaning of Probability


14. Enrichment (Followed by Answers) Test of Genius