Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/334 - A Little Match Trick/Solution

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 * A Little Match Trick

Solution

 * Hide the match inside in the manner shown by the dotted lines in the diagram,
 * so the head is just over the edge of the tray of the box.


 * Dudeney-Puzzles-and-Curious-Problems-334-solution.png


 * In closing the box you push this extra match forward with your thumbnail and it falls into place.


 * The fact that there are now more matches in the box than when you first showed it does not matter, because nobody actually counts the matches.