Question
40 matchsticks are arranged to form a 4 by 4 grid of 16 smaller squares, 4 matchsticks to a small square.
What is the fewest number of matchsticks that need to be removed so that there are no squares (of any size) remaining?
What is the fewest number of matchsticks that need to be removed so that there are no squares (of any size) remaining?
Answers
bobpursley
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there are a number of solutions. Do it.
there are a number of solutions. Do it.