If one of the nine toothpicks is the common base of the two congruent isosceles triangles with sides formed by two toothpicks.
using four of them you make a square then using the remaining two make a criss cross in the middle of the square.
The two triangles would make either a square or a rectangle.
Make a triangle, each of whose sides is 2 matchsticks long. This uses six matchsticks. Join the middle points of the sides of this triangle to one another - using another three match sticks. You will then have four small triangles and one large one.
The triangles must be congruent.
You can make three rectangles. Remember that a square can also be a rectangle.5x14x23x3
Make a two by two grid with six toothpicks, and then place the other two toothpicks at a 45 degree angle on the corner of two of the squares.
using four of them you make a square then using the remaining two make a criss cross in the middle of the square.
The two triangles would make either a square or a rectangle.
Try using lots of triangles and pyramids, because they are a lot sturdier and stronger than squares and pentagons and hexagons etc. But if you HAVE to use squares, then reinforce the corners by building triangles into them.
Yes. Make one triangle using hree matches. Underneath the two vertices at the base of this triangle, make another two triangles, using six more matches. You will find that there is an inverted triangle in the middle - the fourth.
John built a model of a frog skeleton using toothpicks
You arrange 12 toothpicks into a large square, subdivided into four squares : 2 toothpicks on each side and four more, one each from the middle of the sides to the center of the large square. Now you have four (small) squares. Take away 2 adjacent toothpicks from the ones in the center, and you have 2 squares : one remaining small one and the large one that has the small one inside it. (see related link)
lots of glue.
using toothpicks
You can make hot cinnamon toothpicks using boiling water instead of soaking in a jar by using regulated heat.
using toothpicks
Make a triangle, each of whose sides is 2 matchsticks long. This uses six matchsticks. Join the middle points of the sides of this triangle to one another - using another three match sticks. You will then have four small triangles and one large one.