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): trying... - got it! by brianjn)

Tk for your comments, Brian. The problem is that in my professional life I read many books, but I never had the necessity of writing in English. So, today, I can read and understand quite well what all of you are saying.

But, I can write only (conversation? impossible) simple phrases that makes sense to me "in portuguese" (I know this is wrong). Last year I had to write two or three long letters in English, and my son (one of 3) corrected them to me, because he made an extensive course (about 5 years, with conversation, etc...). Unfortunatelly, I donīt live with him, and I have to do all by myself (see, "all by myself" is the title of a song, and itīs this way that I try (?) to improve my writing in English.       

Posted by pcbouhid on 2005-09-11 22:53:04