Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/217 - The Five Squares

Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $217$

The Five Squares

$12$ matches are arranged to form $4$ squares.

Rearrange the same matches (so they lie flat on the table) to make $5$ squares.

All the squares must be empty.

Sources

• 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Unclassified Problems: $217$. -- The Five Squares
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