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Fill the Square
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Robert J. Reed, Brown Middle School, Newton, MA
  1. Fill up the 6-by-6 square using these 6 polygons:
    • Rectangle with area 12 and perimeter 14
    • Rectangle with area 12 and perimeter 16
    • Rectangle with area 3 and perimeter 8
    • Right triangle with area 3 and base 2
    • Right triangle with area 11
2
    • Triangle with area 412

    PIC

  2. Assemble the following polygons to form the same 6-by-6 square as above.
    • Right angle trapezoid with area 5
    • Trapezoid with area 31
2
    • Right angle trapezoid with area 1312
    • Trapezoid with area 12
    • Rectangle with dimensions 1 by 2
      Put the rectangle somewhere in the middle.

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Hint to problem 2. Actually, all of the trapezoids will have at least one 90o angle, and all but one will have two 90o angles.

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Slightly different arrangements are possible for these.

  1. PICT
  2. PICT

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