Match Tricks

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Trick # 1

 

Lay out 18 matches to form 6 triangles. Can you move 2 matches to make 8 triangles? View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick # 2

 

Arrange 16 matches to form 5 squares. Now move 3 matches to make 4 squares. View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick # 3

 

A farmer had 3 small paddocks and 2 large ones. He sold a small one and then had 2 the same size left. Which 4 matches did he remove? View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick # 4

 

Lay out 16 matches to form 8 triangles. Now take away 4 matches to leave 4 triangles. View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick # 5

 

Above are 4 triangles formed of 7 matches. Can you produce the same in a different way? View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick # 6

 

There is 1 large and 5 small squares here. Take away 3 matches to leave 3 squares. View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick # 7

 

A farmer needed 13 hurdles to make these 6 enclosures. Now make 6 enclosures of equal size using 12 hurdles. View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick # 8

 

Arrange 12 matches to make 4 squares. Using all the matches, move 4 matches to make 3 squares of equal size. View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick # 9

 

Above are 6 squares. Take away 5 matches to leave 3 squares of the same size. View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick # 10

 

Here are 6 squares. Take away 6 matches to leave only 2 squares. View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick # 11

 

These 6 matches form 2 triangles. Rearrange them to form 4 triangles. View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick # 12

 

Arrange 12 matches to make 3 squares. Take away 1 match, rearrange 2 matches and leave one View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick # 13

 

Arrange 4 matches to make a glass with a cherry inside it. Now move only 2 matches to leave a glass with the cherry outside it. View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick # 14

 

Arrange 4 matches into a cross. Now move only 1 match to make a square. View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick # 15

 

Arrange 6 matches so that each match touches all the others. View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick # 16

 

Which 6 matches should you remove, without changing the position of the others, so that only three squares are left. View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick # 17

 

This dog is facing west. Make face east by changing the positions of just 2 matches. View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick # 18

 

Can you change the position of 4 matches so that exactly 3 equilateral triangles are formed? (Don't remove any matches) View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick #19

 

What is the smallest number of matches you can remove so that no square of any size is left? View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick # 20

 

With 12 matches make 7 squares. View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick # 21

 

Construct a building from 11 matches. Move 4 matches to make 11 squares. View Solution / Back to top menu

 

 

Trick # 22

 

Move 3 matches and make 5 triangles. View Solution / Back to top menu

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All these riddles are courtesy of Red Head Matches