Triangle - Square

These four pieces can be assembled to form a square and an equilateral triangle, as discovered by Henry Ernest Dudeney, one of England's great puzzlists born 1857.
Side = 2 , Area = 4
Side = 4/√√3, Area = 4
Click on the image and print this out as an activity for kids (as we did it with the 12th Cambridge Cubs)

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