Puzzle 3

Here's a really neat puzzle. The first two were warm-up puzzles, but this one is for real!

   
   
   
   
 

Once you find the answer, you can make up another puzzle. Cut out squares of the right sizes from paper or cardboard. Write numbers on the squares indicating their sizes. Then shuffle the squares and try to make a rectangle out of them, or give them to someone else to try.

Clues

Back to Puzzle 2.

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David E. Joyce

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Clark University
Worcester, MA 01610

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