M3 Thinkfast/Boundary Breaker:
Twelve Straws and Squares Workout
Given 12 straws of equal length, can you make four congruent squares (of equal size) without breaking or cutting the straws?
Shades of Blue, Maria Prus, 2016
How many squares are in the solution above? Does it meet the criteria for 4 congruent squares?
What if we asked how many squares there were without asking they be congruent?
What if we asked how many squares there were without asking they be congruent?
Keeping the same 12 straws, can you make three congruent squares while using all 12 straws in the design?
Kristen Ross, ink and watercolor, 2016
Finally, keeping the same 12 straws, can you make six congruent squares while using all 12 straws in the design?
Fumiyo Morishita, Aluminum and light, 2011.
Kerry Cue, https://mathspig.wordpress.com/