Telly Monster is a friend of mine who loves triangles (and puzzles). He has asked me to make him a wooden calendar using triangles for the months. Can you design 9 wooden triangles with a letter in each corner that when rotated or rearranged will spell out all of the months of the year.

For example:

-/J\---/U\---/L\---/Y\- 
/? ?\ /? ?\ /? ?\ /? ?\ 

One possible solution:
(AEO),(AEU),(BGL),(CNP),(DSY),(EIJ),(FMO),(HRT),(RUV)

JANUARY = EIJ+AEO+CNP+RUV+AEU+HRT+DSY
FEBRUARY = FMO+EIJ+BGL+RUV+AEU+AEO+HRT+DSY
MARCH = FMO+AEO+RUV+CNP+HRT
APRIL = AEO+CNP+HRT+EIJ+BGL
MAY = FMO+AEO+DSY
JUNE = EIJ+RUV+CNP+AEU
JULY = EIJ+RUV+BGL+DSY
AUGUST = AEO+RUV+BGL+AEU+DSY+HRT
SEPTEMBER = DSY+EIJ+CNP+HRT+AEO+FMO+BGL+AEU+RUV
OCTOBER = AEO+CNP+HRT+FMO+BGL+AEU+HRT
NOVEMBER = CNP+AEO+RUV+EIJ+FOM+BGL+AEU+HRT
DECEMBER = DSY+EIJ+CNP+AEO+FOM+BGL+AEU+HRT

Edited on August 6, 2013, 1:39 pm

Posted by Dej Mar on 2013-08-06 13:37:45