Beast Academy Puzzles 3

About the Author\nChris Page is old enough to have used a slide rule before calculators were a thing. High school math competitions led to a math/physics double major at Rutgers University. A physics Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania followed, including three years of TA-ing calculus. It also led to meeting Richard Garfield, and being a developer and expansion designer for the early years of the card game, Magic: The Gathering. After graduation, he worked in labs analyzing protein oxidoreductase reactions, and electron microscope tomographic reconstructions. His mid-life crisis was returning to math and AoPS in 2016. In his spare time, Chris choreographs contra dance, collects Eurogames, studies TV animation, and sleeps in on weekends.\nMark Richard joined AoPS after graduating from the University of Minnesota in 2018 with a degree in mathematics, doing a senior thesis involving physics and probability. He dabbled in just about every subject in college and has a particular passion for mathematics history. You can find him playing percussion in a local concert band or reading and writing at home. He is an avid baseball player and fan, although he enjoyed playing squash in college. He does two podcasts and owns seven harmonicas.\nPalmer Mebane joined AoPS in 2012 shortly after graduating from Harvey Mudd College the same year. As a math contest participant, he was honorable mention on the USAMO in 2007, a US IMO team candidate in 2008, and a top 15 finisher on the Putnam in 2009 and 2011. During his four years of college, he graded for the USAMO and MOSP four times and single-handedly managed the WOOT "Problem of the Day" service. Outside of mathematics, Palmer solves and writes logic puzzles. He solves them fast enough to have been named the US Puzzle Champion in 2011, 2013, and 2014, and World Puzzle Champion in 2011 with top-3 finishes in 2012, 2013, and 2014. His best constructions can be seen on the tests he made for Logic Masters India.\nJason Batterson joined AoPS in 2010 to lead development of the Beast Academy series. Before joining AoPS, he taught math and coached some of the top students in North Carolina, coaching teams to multiple state MATHCOUNTS titles and numerous individual awards. While teaching, Jason wrote and published Competition Math for Middle School and developed AGMath.com. He is also a nationally competitive masters distance runner with a 2:38 personal best in the marathon. When he's not out running, Jason enjoys solving puzzles, skiing, and playing in the pool with his two favorite math beasts, Parker and Ada.\nRecommended for students ages 9 and up.\nBeast Academy Puzzles 3 brings together nearly 500 brand new puzzles in 12 of our favorite styles from the Beast Academy level 3 series. Whether used on their own or with the Beast Academy level 3 curriculum, these puzzles will delight and entertain puzzle solvers of all ages. The difficulty ranges from straightforward starters to mystifying stumpers written by 2011 World Puzzle Champion Palmer Mebane.\nSolving puzzles is a great way for students to:
- Stay engaged while reinforcing math skills
- Build spatial awareness and practice pattern recognition
- Become better, more resilient problem solvers, in the classroom and beyond!