Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/57 - The Broken Clock Face
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Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $57$
- The Broken Clock Face
- How may a clock dial with Roman numerals be broken into four parts
- so that the numerals on each part add up in every case to $20$?
- Here is an example of an attempt at a solution where the parts do not quite add to $20$:
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Sources
- 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Clock Puzzles: $57$. -- The Broken Clock Face
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Clock Puzzles: $49$. The Broken Clock Face