A simple catch game is as follows. It is best if two of the company know how to play it. One of the two is the leader and the other helps her out. The leader hands a closed pair of scissors to her accomplice, who takes it and says: "I rece... Read more of SCISSORS CROSSED OR UNCROSSED. at Games Kids Play.caInformational Site Network Informational
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THE JOINER'S PROBLEM.





(Various Dissection Puzzles)
I have often had occasion to remark on the practical utility of puzzles,
arising out of an application to the ordinary affairs of life of the
little tricks and "wrinkles" that we learn while solving recreation
problems.
The joiner, in the illustration, wants to cut the piece of wood into as
few pieces as possible to form a square table-top, without any waste of
material. How should he go to work? How many pieces would you require?


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