“There are three ways to divide a square into three rectangles with the same proportions!” Dr. Baez wrote. He illustrated the answer with three images that he borrowed from Wikipedia: In the ...

Your goal is to position the squares so that you can trace as many rectangles as possible using the edges of the squares. For example, if you had two squares instead of four, you could place the ...

The total area of a compound shape is found by adding up the areas of the rectangles that have created the whole shape. This may be done in more than one way. The calculation may use a subtraction ...