A Puzzle
 

Here's a simple puzzle, all you have to do is put the pieces together in a perfect rectangle.

maybe I will print it out and try. I feel like it spells something rude and I'm just not seeing it.

It's more geeky and interesting than I realized.

No spelling.

You could also get the pieces from a game of Blokus.

Because 12 five-square tiles cover 60 squares altogether, there are four possible rectangular solutions.

footfootfoot's link leads to a page that makes brief mention of a game called Cathedral. www.cathedral-game.co.nz/history.htm links are complicated to embed with this phone, sorry.

Anyhow, I purchased a copy of this game in 1979 from John Davidson at a Renaissance Faire in southern California. A fun game and a pretty one.

Since it seems to be too hard or of no interest, this is one of the four solutions.

You mean bofus!?:eek:

The mathematician who came up with this puzzle, stole 60 of his niece's blocks and glued them together in these five block shapes. :vikingsmi