Showing posts with label 0217. Rearrange 24 matchsticks [Medium]. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 0217. Rearrange 24 matchsticks [Medium]. Show all posts

11 October 2014

217. Rearrange 24 matchsticks

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24 sticks are used to form 5 squares of size 1X1 and 1 square of size 2X2 in the figure above.

How would you rearrange the 24 sticks to form 8 squares of size 1X1 and 2 squares of size 2X2. Use the above layout as a clue.