Here is a 8X8 square containing numbers 1 to 5 repeated four times. Can you divide the square into four similar shaped pieces such that each piece contains only one set of five numbers?
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| 1 | | | | | | | 1 |
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| 4 | 3 | | | 4 | | | |
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| | | | | 5 | | | 2 |
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| | | | | 5 | | | 2 |
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| 3 | | | 5 | 5 | | | |
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| | | | 3 | | | | |
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| 4 | | 2 | 2 | | | | |
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| 1 | | | | | 3 | 4 | 1 |
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Edited on August 27, 2006, 7:07 pm
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Posted by Dej Mar
on 2006-08-26 16:58:57 |