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

Tangram Puzzle #10

Arrange the tans to make a shape below.  Tans cannot overlap.

A Flying Bee

Solution

What is a Tangram Puzzle?

How to make your own Tangram Puzzle.



Summer Garden #2

James and Lulu's garden in Kincardine

Summer Garden #1

James and Lulu's garden in Kincardine

Word/Picture Puzzle #13

Guess the meaning of the picture.

An expression

What does it mean?

Solution

Close Up #3: Exercise Your Imagination

What do you see?

Do not move to the next image till you come up with at least one thing.

What do you see now?

Did you think of at least one thing?

What do you think it is?

Any ideas?

Try another one.

Do you know now?
No?  How about this one.

It is a dandelion with seeds.

How did your imagination do?

Did you see some loose strands of string? Or maybe mattress fibers? 

I am sure you had other ideas as well.

Hope you had fun.

How Many Vultures?

There were two vultures eating the carcass, then three times as many landed to join the feast.  A hunter came and shot one vulture.  

How many vultures left by the carcass?

Solution