Six related puzzles; not too easy, not too hard; designed as a pleasant exercise that gets easier as one solves successive puzzles. The target is a square box made from 25 small squares. It is to be filled by 5 tetrominos and a single pentomino chosen from a set of five. The five puzzles so created all tile the same box. It is an exercise to adjust the set of tetrominos to accommodate each pentomino in turns.

The set of 5 pentominos also tiles the box. OpenSCAD code that constructs the box is included The code also makes a 3x7 tetromio storage box.

MakerBot

MakerBot Replicator+

Yes

No

0.2 mm

It's best if the puzzle pieces are printed in 2 different colors.

A pdf file with answers is included. Show_65.scad has information about the construction of the puzzles and additional answers as some of the solutions have more than one arrangement.

The set of 5 tetrominos will not tile a 4x5 box but will tile a 3x7 box with one square left uncovered. There are marks in the tetromino storage box that show where uncovered squares can occur.