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Turning the Donkey

Thanks to Caleb M. Rosenberg for this puzzle which he learned from a waiter named
Bomin for the Philippines. Move 1 matchstick to turn the donkey. Solution here.

2 squares to 3

Move 4 matches to make 3 squares - puzzle solution (puzzle supplied by Mike


Daigneault, solution supplied by us, alternate solution supplied by David Tiffany)
10 to 2 squares

Move 3 matches to make 2 squares - puzzle solution (puzzle supplied by Tabitha


King)

15 to 10

From this arrangement of 15 matches, remove 6 to leave 10 - puzzle solution


(puzzle supplied by Bill Cramp)
Swimming Fish

Turn the fish around by moving only 3 matches, no overlapping.- puzzle solution

Then try and turn the fish by moving only 2 matches, no overlapping - puzzle solution

Remove a square (twice)

Move 2 matches to new positions to get only 4 squares, no overlapping or loose


ends.- puzzle solution
Move 3 matches to new positions to get only 4 squares, no overlapping or loose
ends.- puzzle solution

16 squares to none

Remove 9 matches so that no square (of any size) remains - puzzle solution
3 squares to 5

Move 6 matches so that 5 squares are formed - puzzle solution


Make 3 squares

Move 3 matches to get 3 perfect squares - puzzle solution

Divide by 2

Use the four matches to divide the large square into 2 parts of the same shape. Use
the matches without breaking or overlapping them - puzzle solution
3 Triangles to 4

Move 3 matches to make 4 equilateral triangles, no overlapping - puzzle solution

4 Squares to Many

Take this arrangement and with the following moves:-


Move 2 matches to make 7 squares - puzzle solution

Remove 2 matches and leave 2 squares - puzzle solution

Move 3 matches and leave 3 squares - puzzle solution

Remove 3 matches and move 2 to form 3 squares - puzzle solution

Move 4 matches and form 3 squares - puzzle solution

Remove 1 match and move 4 to make 11 squares - puzzle solution

3 to 6

Make these 3 matches into 6, no breaking into pieces - puzzle solution

A wheel to Triangles

Move 4 matches to form 3 equilateral triangles - puzzle solution


5 add 6 makes 9

Add 5 matches to these 6 matches and make 9 - puzzle solution

Ice in the Glass

(Easy) Move 3 matchsticks and reform the glass in the same shape so the ice is
outside it - puzzle solution

(Harder) Move 2 matchsticks and reform the glass in the same shape so the ice is
outside it - puzzle solution

7 to nothing

From these 7 matches, take 1 away and move 2 to leave nothing - puzzle solution

Square

Move one match to make a square - puzzle solution


4 Triangles

Use 6 matches to make 4 equilateral triangles (no broken matches) - puzzle solution

2 Triangles to 4

Move 1 match to make 4 triangles - puzzle solution

SOLUTION:

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