Stick Shapes ★★
There are four squares in the pattern shown below.
The question:
How can two matchsticks be moved to make five equal squares?
The solution:
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Another question:
Below you see a hexagon formed by six matchsticks.
Can you turn this hexagon into two rhombs by moving two matchsticks and adding one?
Another solution:
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Yet another question:
Can you make four equal triangles from the pattern shown below, by moving exactly four matchsticks?
Yet another solution:
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The fourth question:
Twelve matchsticks form one square and four triangles.
Can you move six matchsticks to make three squares and one triangle?
The fourth solution:
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The fifth question:
Can you make two squares from the pattern shown below, by moving four matchsticks?
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The sixth question:
Can you make three equal squares from the pattern shown below, by moving just three matchsticks?
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The seventh question:
Can you form three touching triangles from the pattern shown below, by moving exactly three matchsticks?
The seventh solution:
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The eighth question:
Can you form three triangles from the pattern shown below, by moving three matchsticks?
The eighth solution:
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