Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/113 - The Maltese Cross/Solution

Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $113$

The Maltese Cross

Can you cut the star into four pieces and place them inside the frame so as to show a perfect Maltese cross?

Solution

Cut the star in four pieces across the centre, and place them in the four corners of the frame.

Then you have a perfect Maltese Cross in white, as indicated.

Sources

• 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Solutions: $113$. -- The Maltese Cross
• 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Answers: $336$. The Maltese Cross