Squares And Rectangles - Toothpick Puzzle

Use 14 toothpicks to make two squares, see picture below.

1. How many squares and how many rectangles that are not squares do you see?
2. Can you move four toothpicks to get the same size squares as you see in the picture above and four rectangles that are not squares?

What is a rectangle? What is a square?

Solution 1
Solution 2

Toothpick Star Puzzle

What is the least amount of toothpicks you need to use to make a six-pointed star?

How many toothpicks do you need to make a six-pointed star without overlapping the toothpicks?

Solution

Toothpick Squares Puzzle

Arrange sixteen toothpicks to form five squares:

Can you rearrange the same toothpicks to form seventeen squares?

Hint:  move only six toothpicks.

Solution

Double The Squares Puzzle

Use 12 toothpicks to create five squares.

Add four toothpicks to get ten squares.

Solution

Hexagons And Triangles To Cubes

Imagine it is a 3D composition made out of clear glass, so you can see all the edges.

How many cubes do you see?

Solution

Irregular Hexagons

Look carefully at the picture below?

How many irregular hexagons do you see?

Solution 

An irregular hexagon does not have all sides nor all angles equal.

Triangles And Hexagons

Look carefully at the picture below.

How many triangles do you see?

How many regular hexagons?

A regular hexagon has six sides of the same length, and all its internal angles are 120 degrees.

Solution

Toothpick Hexagon

Use 12 toothpicks to build a regular hexagon.

A regular hexagon has six sides of the same length, and all its internal angles are 120 degrees.

How many toothpicks do you need to divide the regular hexagon into six identical shapes?
Solution

Can you divide the hexagon into eight identical shapes?
Solution

Toothpick Squares

Use eight toothpicks to build a square.

Now, rearrange the same eight toothpicks in such a way that you will get 14 squares.

Solution

Number Teaser

Arrange 5 toothpicks or sticks to create number 114.

Move only one toothpick to get number 12.

Solution

Squares To Triangles Puzzle

Six toothpicks were used to make five squares, one big and four small ones.

Using the same six toothpicks make eight triangles.

Solution.

Three To Five

Can you move only three toothpics to make five triangles?

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Tricky Subtraction: 8 - 4 = 7 ?!?!?!?!?!

How can you subtract four from eight to get seven?

Hint: use toothpicks.

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Math Teaser

Arrange 8 toothpicks or sticks to create number 140.

Move only two toothpicks to change 140 into 25.

Fish In a Pond

Can you make the fish swim in the opposite direction?

It is easy to do it by moving four toothpicks.  Can you do it by moving only three toothpicks?
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