Question
A square 4 inches on a side is cut up into smaller squares 1 inche on a side. What is the maximum number of such squares that can be formed?
Answers
Ms. Sue
Can you figure it out from this picture?
https://www.google.com/search?q=square+16+parts&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjewL-k05HVAhVCaD4KHcSOAd4QsAQIWw&biw=1872&bih=903#imgrc=tC8cnXuvXCCOPM:
https://www.google.com/search?q=square+16+parts&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjewL-k05HVAhVCaD4KHcSOAd4QsAQIWw&biw=1872&bih=903#imgrc=tC8cnXuvXCCOPM:
Rachel
It's 16?
Ms. Sue
Yes, 16.
4 * 4 = 16
4 * 4 = 16
Lauren
Thank YOU!!!
Ms. Sue
You're welcome, Lauren/Rachel.