Problems

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a) In the construction in the figure, move two matches so that there are five identical squares created. b) From the new figure, remove 3 matches so that only 3 squares remain.

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Cut the shape (see the figure) into two identical pieces (coinciding when placed on top of one another).

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On a \(100 \times 100\) board 100 rooks are placed that cannot capturing one another.

Prove that an equal number of rooks is placed in the upper right and lower left cells of \(50 \times 50\) squares.

On the grid paper, Theresa drew a rectangle \(199 \times 991\) with all sides on the grid lines and vertices on intersection of grid lines. How many cells of the grid paper are crossed by a diagonal of this rectangle?