Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/341 - Hexagon to Diamonds/Solution

Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $341$

Hexagon to Diamonds

Arrange $6$ matches form a hexagon, as here shown.

Now, by moving only $2$ matches and adding $1$ more, can you form two diamonds?

Solution

The dotted lines show where the matches were moved from.

The red lines show where they were moved to, and where the new one was added.

Sources

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Solutions: $341$. -- Hexagon to Diamonds
• 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Answers: $508$. Hexagon to Diamonds