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

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.

Solution

The illustration shows clearly how to cut the mutilated cross into four pieces to form a square.

Just continue each side of the square until you strike a corner, and there you are!

Sources

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