1-4-5 Foursquare Challenge

In my finally post, I shared the Square Pi Puzzle together with mentioned that I was updating about older puzzles that bring been long-time favorites of my students. Today, I desire to part about other updated puzzle, the 1-4-5 Square Challenge. I originally shared this puzzle on my weblog inwards May 2015 which seems similar an eternity agone now. Since then, I've changed classrooms 3 times, changed schoolhouse buildings twice, changed schoolhouse districts once, traveled internationally for the commencement time, got engaged, spent xx weeks inwards Australia, got married, completed a masters program, went through the craziness of beingness a finalist for Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, moved to go closer to identify unit of measurement together with for my married adult man to attend grad school, bought our commencement house, together with had a baby. Wowzers. Life has definitely changed a lot inwards what is a relatively brusque total of time!

Back to the challenge.

Students are given 5 pieces to go assembled inwards 3 challenges that follow 1 correct afterward the other.



Challenge 1: Use precisely 1 slice to shape a square.

Easy, right?

Challenge 2: Use precisely 4 pieces to shape a square.

Much harder, right?

Challenge 3: Use precisely 5 pieces to shape a square.

This is commonly where students striking a route block. How inwards the basis tin sack I brand a foursquare alongside both precisely 4 of the pieces together with all 5 off the pieces? It is possible. I promise.

I originally works life the puzzle on a Netherlands encephalon teaser site. The original puzzle alone includes the 3rd challenge since it provides the puzzle pieces inwards the formation of the instant challenge. I decided to arrive to a greater extent than interesting past times adding the commencement 2 challenges. The commencement challenge is solve-able past times all together with only for fun. The instant challenge is commonly solve-able past times close one-half my students when I put this challenge. And, the 3rd challenge is commonly solved past times alone a handful. 



In the past, I've e'er given out the pieces inwards modest ziplock bags together with verbally presented the 3 challenges to students.



For my updated version, I decided to type upwards the challenges hence students don't bring to rely on my verbal instructions.

Then, only similar the pi puzzle, I had to brand a jumbo version that tin sack go used on a large tabular array or posted on a dry out erase board alongside magnetic pieces.


 You tin sack download the novel together with improved version of the 1, 4, 5 foursquare challenge here.

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