Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/110 - The Mutilated Cross

Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $110$

The Mutilated Cross

Here is a regular Greek cross from which has been cut a square piece exactly equal to one of the arms of the cross.

The puzzle is to cut what remains into four pieces that will fit together and form a square.

This is a pleasing but particularly easy cutting out puzzle.

Sources

• 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Dissection Puzzles: $110$. -- The Mutilated Cross
• 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Geometrical Problems: Dissection Puzzles: $333$. The Mutilated Cross