and to divide the remainder among his four sons, so that each shares equally, with plots of similar shape. How did he mark it out for them?
This appears in a less perfect form in “The Twentieth Century Standard Puzzle Book.”
No. LVII.—USE YOUR PENCIL
Here is a simple little puzzle which may amuse anyone who has paper and pencil at hand:—
Can you combine three figures similar to Fig. A with two similar to Fig. B, so that a perfect Latin cross is formed?
It is, of course, an easier matter to cut out five such pieces in paper or cardboard, and arrange them in the form required.