Dissecting Quadrilaterals

[b](Updated on 29 Jan 2012)[/b] To see how a quadrilateral could be dissected into a rectangle by a line joining the mid-points of one pair of opposite sides, and the perpendiculars to this line from the mid-points of the other pair of opposite sides. This could be an introduction to the problem of dissecting a triangle into a rectangle or a square (Dudeney's Puzzle). See "[b]Cut Triangles into Rectangles & Dudeney's Puzzle Generalized[/b]" (http://www.geogebratube.org/material/show/id/3589 ). Anthony Or. GeoGebra Institute of Hong Kong. (orchiming@gmail.com)

 

Anthony OR 柯志明

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
dissect  dissection  exploration  puzzle  puzzles  quadrilateral  quadrilaterals  rectangle  rectangles 
Target Group (Age)
5 – 10
Language
English (United Kingdom)
 
 
 
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