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[image] IMAT 2017 Q6 [Matchsticks] Past Papers Solutions Archives The diagram below shows how 12 matchsticks can be used to create a grid containing 4 squares, arranged in rows of 2. [image] I now intend to use matchsticks to create a grid containing 100 squa…

@Walina the answer is 220? In the sample picture we have 2 rows of 2 and in order to put these matches horizontally we use 3×2 matches and also to put these matches vertically we use 3×2 matches. So the product will be 12 matches. If we had 10 rows of ten we should use 10×11+10×11=220 matches.

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IMAT 2017 Q6- Matchstick Problem

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