Growing Shapes

 

If you build three squares like this it takes 12 matches. These 12 matches can then be rearranged to create a grid twice as big.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Puzzle 1

Take 9 matches and see if you can effect the same kind of transformation.

 

 

Puzzle 2

Build three shapes like this and see if you can build a larger similar shape with 4 trapezium inside.

 

 

 

 

 

Puzzle 3

First build 3 L shapes like this. Can you rearrange the matches to make a shape just like this but larger and made up of 4 L shapes?

 


 

Solutions

 

Investigation