Divide square into 11 pieces using four straight lines?

Answer 1

To divide a square into 11 pieces using four straight lines, you can create a grid pattern with three vertical lines and one horizontal line. The horizontal line divides the square into two equal halves, while the three vertical lines create four equal sections within each half. This results in a total of 8 pieces within the square. To achieve 11 pieces, you can further divide some of the larger sections into smaller pieces by adding diagonal lines within them.

Answer 2

Divide your square into 4 by using your first two lines from top to bottom and left to right, intersect them in the middle at approx. 90 degrees. Number the sections 1 through 4 starting in upper left and working clockwise (1 2)

(3 4)

Start your next line in box 1, going diagonally toward box 3 ending in the middle of section 3..

This should give you 7 sections as of now.

Begin your last line in box 2, heading toward the bottom right corner of box 4. Do not bisect the two other lines where they cross.