Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/311 - Domino Multiplication

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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $311$

Domino Multiplication
We have received the following entertaining puzzle from W.D.W., of Philadelphia, Pa.:
Four dominoes may be so placed as to form a simple multiplication sum if we regard the pips as figures.
The example here shown will make everything perfectly clear.
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Now, the puzzle is, using all the $28$ dominoes to arrange them so as to form $7$ such little sums in multiplication.
No blank may be placed at the left end of the multiplicand or product.


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