Triangulation Puzzles


1. Cut a unit square into 5 triangles, all of which have area less than .21.
2. Cut a square into 5 triangles whose areas are in geometric progression.
3. Cut a square into 5 isoceles triangles, no two of which are similar.
(solution by Evan Whitney)
4. Cut a square into 7 isoceles right triangles, no two of which are congruent.
(second solution by Bob Wainwright)
5. Cut a square into 8 doms (right triangles having one leg twice as long as the other), no two of which are congruent.
6. Cut an L-shaped region made of 3 squares into 8 doms, no two of which are congruent.
(solution by George Sicherman)
7. Cut a square into 8 acute triangles.
(solution by David Epstein)
8. Cut a unit square into 8 triangles with sides no larger than 5/8.
9. Pack 7 equilateral triangles with side 1/2 into a unit square.