Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/343 - Tom Tiddler's Ground

Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $343$

Tom Tiddler's Ground

I am on Tom Tiddler's ground picking up gold and silver.

Here we have a piece of land marked off with $36$ circular plots,

on each of which is deposited a bag containing as many sovereigns as the figures indicate in the diagram.

I am allowed to pick up as many bags of gold as I like,

provided I do not take two lying on the same line.

What is the greatest amount of money I can secure?

Sources

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Unclassified Problems: $343$. -- Tom Tiddler's Ground
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