536 Puzzles and Curious Problems

108 Geometrical Problems diagram), he held that E and C and also Band F meet at a "mathematical point," and are therefore in con ...

Solid Geometry Puzzles 109 A CUBE PARADOX I had two solid cubes of lead, one very slightly larger than the other, just as show ...

110 Geometrical Problems like some other things, is doomed to of a knife? In what direction would be cut up or broken, and the i ...

Solid Geometry Puzzles 111 THE NOUGAT PUZZLE A block of nougat is 16 inches long, 8 inches wide, and 71f2 inches deep. What is ...

112 Geometrical Problems THE FLY AND THE HONEY I have a cylindrical cup four inches high and six inches in circumference. On t ...

THE SQUARE TABLE lOP A man had three pieces of beautiful wood, measuring 12 inches, 15 inches, and 16 inches square respective ...

114 Geometrical Problems 9 6 ; IS ~ , 3 6 DISSECTING THE LETTER E Can you cut this letter E into only five pieces so that they ...

THE MUTILATED CROSS Here is a symmetrical Greek Cross from which has been cut a square piece exactly equal to one of the arms ...

116 Geometrical Problems THE MALTESE CROSS Can you cut the star into four pieces and place them inside the frame so as to show ...

Dissection Puzzles 117 available measured 9 inches in breadth by 16 inches in length. How did he cut it into only two pieces tha ...

118 Geometrical Problems THE CRESCENT AND THE STAR A Here is a little puzzle on the Cres- cent and the Star. Look at the illus ...

Dissection Puzzles 119 amusing puzzle to discover just where these two portions are joined together. Can you divide the quilt in ...

120 Geometrical Problems a square has been formed with ten square tiles. As ten is not a square number a certain number of tiles ...

Dissection Puzzles 121 STARS AND CROSSES This puzzle calls for a certain amount of ingenuity on account of the awk- ward posit ...

122 Geometrical Problems THREE GREEK CROSSES FROM ONE .r. D In Amusements in Mathematics (page 168) is given this elegant so- ...

349. TABLE TOP AND STOOLS Most people are familiar with the old puzzle of the circular table top cut into pieces to form two ova ...

124 Geometrical Problems PROBLEM OF THE EXTRA CELL Here is a fallacy that is widely known but imperfectly understood. Doubt- l ...

Dissection Puzzles 125 shifting the pieces and putting them together after the first cut, only you must not bend or fold the pap ...

126 Geometrical Problems 8 (^9) 1~ IMPROVISED CHESSBOARD A good cutting-out puzzle in as few as two pieces is not often forthc ...

Paper Folding Puzzles 127 square rug 10 feet by 10 feet. How did she do it? Of course, no allowance is to be made for turnings. ...