Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/71 - A Complete Skeleton

Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $71$

A Complete Skeleton

Here is an arrangement without any figures at all.

Note the decimal dot in the quotient.

the extension to four places of decimals makes it curiously easy to solve.

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Historical Note

According to Dudeney, this puzzle was the work of Mr. A. Corrigan, whose identity has not been determined.

Sources

• 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Digital Puzzles: $71$. -- A Complete Skeleton
• 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Skeleton Puzzles: $145$. A Complete Skeleton