Arranging the Tables

Stage: 2 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

There are 44 people coming to a dinner party. There are 15 square tables that seat 4 people - one at each side - like this:


Or the tables can be joined together to make groups like this:


And so on...

Find a way to seat the 44 people using all 15 tables, with no empty places.

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Published October 1999.