Stick Around
7 matches have been arranged on a triangular grid. The area they enclose is 5 triangle units.
Can you arrange the 7 matches so that they enclose 7 triangle units.
Use this grid
Puzzle 2
Now take 8 matches. Can you make an area of 8 triangle units?
Of 10 triangle units? Of 6 triangle units?
Puzzle 3
Now use 9 matches.
Can you build an shape with an area of 7 triangles,
Of area 9 triangles Of area 11 triangles?
Of area 13 triangles?
Puzzle 4
Now take 10 matches. Use them to build shapes on the triangle grid. How many different areas can you create?
( Complex shapes that enclose more than 1 space are not allowed)