Book:Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems

Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems

Published $\text {1932}$, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.

Contents

NOTE (Alice Dudeney)

PREFACE (Alice Dudeney)

Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems --

Money Puzzles

Age and Kinship Puzzles

Clock Puzzles

Locomotion and Speed Puzzles

Digital Puzzles

Various Arithmetical and Algebraical Puzzles

Geometrical Problems --

Dissection Puzzles

Patchwork Puzzles

Various Geometrical Puzzles

Moving Counter Problems

Unicursal and Route Problems

Combination and Group Problems

Magic Square, Measuring, Weighing, and Packing Problems

Crossing River Problems, and Problems Concerning Games, and Puzzle Games

Unclassified Problems

Solutions

Index

Next

Critical View

Not as much care has been taken over selecting the contents of this volume as necessary.

There is more than one instance of a problem appearing twice, although in a slightly different form.

Categorisation is haphazard.

Sources

• 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Introduction (Martin Gardner)

Source work progress

• Complete except for some solutions.

Still to be completed:

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $11$. -- Distribution (construction of a general rule)

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Money Puzzles: $20$. -- Boys and Girls

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Digital Puzzles: $86$. -- Digits and Cubes (for either an analytical approach or a computer program that will do it)

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Digital Puzzles: $90$. -- Summing the Digits (set up a page detailing the general rule)

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Digital Puzzles: $93$. -- Figures for Letters

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Digital Puzzles: $96$. -- Wrong to Right

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Digital Puzzles: $98$. -- Digital Money

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Digital Puzzles: $100$. -- Digital Squares (investigate and document Dudeney's technque)

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Digital Puzzles: $109$. -- Perfect Squares (general rule)

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Digital Puzzles: $112$. -- Simple Division

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Various Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: $122$. -- A Question of Cubes

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Various Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: $126$. -- Making Squares (possibly an analytical technique)

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Various Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: $161$. -- Blocks and Squares

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Various Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: $162$. -- Find the Triangle

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Various Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: $168$. -- Mental Arithmetic (explanation and expansion)

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Dissection Puzzles: $181$. -- Three Greek Crosses from One (redraw diagram as given analysis is flawed)

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Various Geometrical Puzzles: $203$. -- A Triangle Puzzle

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Moving Counter Problems: $246$. -- Transferring the Counters

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Unicursal and Route Problems: $267$. -- A Motor-Car Tour

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Combination and Group Problems: $284$. -- Lamp Signalling

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Crossing River Problem, and Problems Concerning Games and Puzzle Games: $315$. -- Arranging the Dominoes

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Solutions: $319$. -- The Ten Cards (Complete the analysis of the two other opening moves)

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Unclassified Problems: $348$. -- Blowing Out the Candle