Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/182 - Making a Square

Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $182$

Making a Square

Here is an elegant, but not difficult, little cutting-out puzzle that will interest readers (sent by E. B. E.).

Cut the figure into four pieces, each of the same size and shape,

that will fit together to form a perfect square.

Historical Note

Martin Gardner, in his $1968$ repackaging of some of Dudeney's works, identifies E. B. E. as Edward Brind Escott.

Sources

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Dissection Puzzles: $182$. -- Making a Square
• 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Dissection Puzzles: $348$. Making a Square