Imagine a square with 1/4 removed from the top right corner to form an L shape
The challenge (daughter's school) is how do you divide that into 4 even parts.
Don't want to tell her daddy does not know 
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Divide an L into 4 even parts
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Posted 1 year ago #
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That's pretty easy, but how many cuts are we allowed?
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3 dimensional object, so flip it on its side and get yourself 4 L shapes that are 1/4 the thickness of the original.
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From the inside corner of the L draw 3 lines to the 3 outer corners?
Edit - Scrap that - wont work
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Like this:
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OK I would not have got that
Thanks so much
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easy.
Devide each of the 3 squares into 4. This gives 12 squares in total. so, for 4 parts, each will have 3 squares. Start with an "L" shape in the bottom left corner. Then mirror it on a vertical axis.
Then mirror the first one again on a horizontal axis. This leaves a fourth identical piece.
Clever dad, well done!
BY the way, the link provided above wouldn't open for me.
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