Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/113 - A Complete Skeleton

Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $113$

A Complete Skeleton

It will be remembered that a skeleton puzzle, where the figures are represented by stars,

has not been constructed without at least one figure, or some added condition, being used.

Perhaps the following comes a little nearer to the ideal,

though there are two division sums and not one,

and they are related by the fact that the six-figure quotient of the first happens to be the dividend of the second.

There appears to be only one solution.

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Historical Note

Dudeney attributes this skeleton puzzle to a certain W. J. W., whose identity has not been ascertained.

Sources

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Digital Puzzles: $113$. -- A Complete Skeleton
• 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Skeleton Puzzles: $150$. A Complete Skeleton