Squared Sticks ★★
Twelve matchsticks form four equal squares.
The question:
How can exactly four matchsticks be moved to make three equal squares?
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Question 2:
Twelve matchsticks form four equal squares.
How can exactly three matchsticks be moved to make three equal squares?
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Question 3:
Sixteen matchsticks form five squares.
Can you make four squares from this by moving two matchsticks?
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Question 4:
Sixteen matchsticks form five squares.
Can you turn these five squares into four squares by moving three matchsticks?
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Question 5:
Twenty matchsticks form seven equal squares.
How can three matchsticks be moved to make five equal squares?
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Question 6:
By moving only two matchsticks, these three equal sized squares can be changed into four equal sized rectangles.
How can this be done?
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Question 7:
Here you see two squares.
Can you form three squares by moving four matchsticks?
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Question 8:
The figure below contains five squares (four small ones and a large one).
Can you form seven squares by moving just two matchsticks, without having overlapping matchsticks?
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Question 9:
The figure below contains five squares (four small ones and a large one).
Can you form ten squares by moving just four matchsticks?
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