Five squares are made up from the 16 sticks below:

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Move just two of the sticks without disturbing or overlapping the other 14 sticks to make only 4 identical squares, still using all 16 sticks.

Slide (to the right) the second stick in the bottom line and complete the square with the second stick in the first line (the stick in the second square). Four connected squares.

 

 

Posted by pcbouhid on 2005-09-06 23:20:43