Problems

Cut a square into two equal:
1. Triangles.
2. Pentagons
3. Hexagons.

Cut the "biscuit" into 16 congruent pieces. The sections are not necessarily rectilinear.

Abigail’s little brother Carson found a big rectangular cake in the fridge and cut a small rectangular piece out of it.

Now Abigail needs to find a way to cut the remaining cake into two pieces of equal area with only one straight cut. How could she do that? The removed piece can be of any size or orientation.

Is it possible to cut this figure, called "camel"

• a) along the grid lines;

• b) not necessarily along the grid lines;

into \(3\) parts, which you can use to build a square?
(We give you several copies to facilitate drawing)

Cut an arbitrary triangle into parts that can be used to build a triangle that is symmetrical to the original triangle with respect to some straight line (the pieces cannot be inverted, they can only be rotated on the plane).

Cut a square into five triangles in such a way that the area of one of these triangles is equal to the sum of the area of other four triangles.

A circular triangle is a triangle in which the sides are arcs of circles. Below is a circular triangle in which the sides are arcs of circles centered at the vertices opposite to the sides.

Draw how Robinson Crusoe should put pegs and ropes to tie his goat in order for the goat to graze grass in the shape of the circular triangle.

Cut this figure into \(4\) identical shapes. (Note: you have to use the entire shape. Rotations and reflections count as identical shapes)

The diagram shows a \(3 \times 3\) square with one corner removed. Cut it into three pieces, not necessarily identical, which can be reassembled to make a square:

Cut a \(7\times 7\) square into \(9\) rectangles, out of which you can construct any rectangle whose sidelengths are less than \(7\). Show how to construct the rectangles.