Professor Layton and the Curious Village Puzzle 111 - Making a Square

Professor Layton and the Curious Village: Puzzle 111 (EU) Answer

Where to find Puzzle 111?

Finding Professor Layton and the Curious Village puzzle 111 - Making a Square

Puzzle 111 – Making a Square is found by interacting with the poster on the wall outside the Restaurant on Park Road.

How many picarats is Puzzle 111 worth?

Puzzle 111 is worth 40 picarats.

How to solve Puzzle 111?

You’re given four parts that when combining three of them, can create a square. You need to discern which of the four parts isn’t used.

Professor Layton and the Curious Village puzzle 111 - Making a Square Description

Three of the four parts A-D shown can be combined to form a square. Circle the one that isn’t used.

You are allowed to rotate the parts freely when combining them.

One of the first things to consider is the length of a side of the square you’re trying to make. No matter how you try and fit the shapes you have together, the square will have to be at least 4×4 in size.

Shape A makes this easier to achieve…

What are the hints for Puzzle 111?

Hint 1

Professor Layton and the Curious Village puzzle 111 - Making a Square Hint 1

Each side of the square formed will be four smaller squares long.

Hint 2

Professor Layton and the Curious Village puzzle 111 - Making a Square Hint 2

With four on each side, the large square will be made up of 16 smaller squares.

B contains six squares, and the others all contain five. So the unused part must be one of A, C or D.

Hint 3

Professor Layton and the Curious Village puzzle 111 - Making a Square Hint 3

You’ll definitely need to use A.

So, the answer must be either C or D.

Puzzle 111 Answer

The part you don’t use is D.

Professor Layton and the Curious Village puzzle 111 - Making a Square Answer Screen

Unless you had a piece of paper handy, or your spatial awareness is pretty stellar, you’ll most like have difficulty visualising how the parts configure.

Once you know that you need to make a shape at least 4×4 in size, you can use A to your advantage eliminating other shapes.

Fitting C and D together makes a neat rectangle, but then not of the other parts can fit to make a square, which may have been your first clue in deciding which one is the spare part.


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