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.

(In reply to re(2): Diagram Solution by Tristan)

Thank you, Tristan. I think this will be very helpful to others.

Posted by pcbouhid on 2005-09-08 03:40:20