Solution: The Five Triangle Puzzle

The Five-Triangle Puzzle challenged students to use five triangular puzzle pieces to make two larger triangles. The solutions are shown below.

solution 1

The challenge was to move only three of those toothpicks to create a total of five triangles. This can be accomplished by moving the triangle on either the left or right above the other two triangles. This gives you four small triangles and a fifth large triangle.

Solution2