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Fill the Square
Robert J. Reed, Brown Middle School, Newton, MA
- 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 1
- Triangle with area 4
- Assemble the following polygons to form the same 6-by-6
square as above.
- Right angle trapezoid with area 5
- Trapezoid with area 3
- Right angle trapezoid with area 13
- Trapezoid with area 12
- Rectangle with dimensions 1 by 2
Put
the
rectangle
somewhere
in
the
middle.
Hints
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.
Answers
Slightly different arrangements are possible for these.
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