Fort Fearless Wood Brain Teaser | 9 Different Math Puzzles classic puzzle The 7 pcs will make

The 7 pcs will make a cube 240 different ways and they will also make many other shapes

and finish a bit better than the standard model

590 times the radius of the smallest circle

There is extensive information on Circle Packing which you can find via an internet search on the subject

Below each of the word MAGIC letter is a number

Fort Fearless Wood Brain Teaser | 9 Different Math Puzzles classic puzzle The 7 pcs will makeThe Fable: In the old west, the 78 soldiers manning the parapets at Ft. Fearless were surrounded by 119 Indians. Their only hope was in making the Indians think there were more soldiers in the fort. Major Burns reasoned the Indians might count the men in corner parapets twice as they could be seen from two adjacent sides. He arranged the men so there were 22 men visible from each side; thus seemingly 88 men. Not enough he repositioned them such that