Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney
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five, and the sum of the pips on the three dominoes in the middle is
also five. There are just three other arrangements giving five for the additions. They are: -- (1--0) (0--0) (0--2) (2--1) (1--3) (4--0) (0--0) (0--2) (2--1) (1--0) (2--0) (0--0) (0--1) (1--3) (3--0) Now, how many similar arrangements are there of five dominoes that shall give six instead of five in the two additions? 380.--THE DOMINO FRAME PUZZLE. [Illustration] It will be seen in the illustration that the full set of twenty-eight dominoes is arranged in the form of a square frame, with 6 against 6, 2 against 2, blank against blank, and so on, as in the game. It will be found that the pips in the top row and left-hand column both add up 44. The pips in the other two sides sum to 59 and 32 respectively. The puzzle is to rearrange the dominoes in the same form so that all of the four sides shall sum to 44. Remember that the dominoes must be correctly placed one against another as in the game. 381.--THE CARD FRAME PUZZLE. In the illustration we have a frame constructed from the ten playing cards, ace to ten of diamonds. The children who made it wanted the pips |
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