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How do you make five triangles with ten toothpicks?
You can make 5 triangles out of 9 toothpicks. With 6 toothpicks, make a large triangle with 2 toothpicks for each side. Now, take individual toothpicks, and make a smaller triangle inside the larger one by joining the midpoints of the sides of the previous triangle. (The vertices of the smaller triangle are the midpoints of the sides of the larger one).
How do you make six squares with 12 toothpicks?
bend 2 toothpicks at 90 degree angles and put them cornor to cornor
How do you make 2 squares and 4 triangles from 8 toothpicks?
make a circle
How many toothpicks are needed to make a 2 triangles?
5 or 6 Depending on what shape you are thinking of
What is a pattern where the number of toothpicks is more than double the number of tiles?
P = 2*T where P = # toothpicks and T = # tiles.
How many rectangles can you make out of 12 toothpicks?
2 rectangles. Put two toothpicks on 2 sides and one on the other side, and that uses 6 toothpicks and if you make another rectangle like that you make 2 rectangles.
If you have 12 toothpicks that are put in four squares that are connected How do you move 2 to make 7 squares?
Take two toothpicks that create an outside corner. Cross them like a + inside one of the remaining boxes. Count the new four smaller boxes inside it as 4, the one they are formed in as 5, and the two untouched boxes as 6 and 7. (The trick is to remember to count the larger box the 4 are formed in.)
How many rectangles can you make with 34 toothpicks?
I think 2
How do you make five triangles with ten toothpicks?
You can make 5 triangles out of 9 toothpicks. With 6 toothpicks, make a large triangle with 2 toothpicks for each side. Now, take individual toothpicks, and make a smaller triangle inside the larger one by joining the midpoints of the sides of the previous triangle. (The vertices of the smaller triangle are the midpoints of the sides of the larger one).
How do you make six squares with 12 toothpicks?
bend 2 toothpicks at 90 degree angles and put them cornor to cornor
How do you make 2 squares and 4 triangles using 8 toothpicks?
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.
How do you make 2 squares and 4 triangles from 8 toothpicks?
make a circle
Can you make 2 exact triangles using exactly 9 toothpicks?
If one of the nine toothpicks is the common base of the two congruent isosceles triangles with sides formed by two toothpicks.
How do you make 2 squares using 10 toothpicks?
Start with a 2x2 square (that uses 8 toothpicks) Use the other two to make a 1x1 square in one of the corners of the big one..
How many toothpicks are needed to make a 2 triangles?
5 or 6 Depending on what shape you are thinking of
How do you make 5 squares out of twelve 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)
What is the minimum nubers of toothpicks necessary to spell the word hat?
It would require 5 toothpicks to spell the word "hat." The letter "h" would use 2 toothpicks, the letter "a" would use 2 toothpicks, and the letter "t" would use 1 toothpick.
