[CV104] A Sweet Treat

104 - A Sweet Treat

A Sweet Treat is a puzzle in Professor Layton and the Curious Village.

Puzzle

US Version

On the way home from the store, you unwrap a perfectly square block of chocolate. Much to your dismay, you find that only four of the 16 chocolate squares have an almond in them.

You and your three friends want to divide the chocolate evenly along the lines between the squares. However, just to make things interesting, you've decided to divide it so that each piece is the same shape and contains an almond in a different location. Good luck!

UK Version

You go to the shop to buy some almond chocolate to share with your three friends. However, upon unwrapping the chocolate, you find that only four of the 16 chocolate squares actually have an almond in them.

How can you cut the chocolate up into four pieces to share, each with the same shape, but containing an almond in a different location?

Hints

Click a Tab to reveal the Hint.

To satisfy all the conditions set forth by the puzzle, you need to cut the chocolate into four L-shaped pieces.

Now, how to divide it up?

It's easy enough to cut the chocolate into four L-shaped pieces. The problem is getting those stubborn almonds into the right places!

Try working it out a few times. If two almonds keep ending up in the same piece of chocolate, you know you've got to rework your strategy for dividing up that section.

As you can see, there are a total of 16 squares of chocolate that you'll divide up into four sections of four squares.

There are only so many ways to arrange four L-shaped pieces of chocolate into a perfect square. See if you can brainstorm a few before you begin cutting.

Solution

Incorrect

Too bad!

Study the position of those almonds.

Correct

Nicely done!

Now make sure you share with everyone!

v · d · ePuzzles in Professor Layton and the Curious Village

Normal	001 002 003 004 005 UK 006 007 008 009 010 UK JP 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 JP 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 JP 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 UK 046 UK 047 048 049 050 UK 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 UK 063 064 065 066 UK 067 UK 068 069 070 071 072 UK 073 074 075 076 UK 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 UK 086 087 088 UK 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 UK 097 098 099 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 UK 112 113 UK 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 UK 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135

Weekly	See here for weekly puzzles

Puzzle Index: CV · DB · UF · LS · MM · AL · VS · LMJ