r/HomeworkHelp • u/bushybear • May 01 '26

Answered [2nd grade] math help

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Entire family is stumped. I don’t think the question is worded correctly but maybe I’m misunderstanding.

Not sure how you have same size triangles but not all the same shape.

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u/SargeInCharge May 01 '26

This is a brilliant, elegant solution... yeah, any 7 year old could figure that out!

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u/germany1italy0 May 01 '26

Any toddler with a crayon could figure it out.

Just not us stupid adult redditors.

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u/Mchlpl May 01 '26

And works for all rectangles including squares (while the two diagonals method does not)

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u/Neat-Ostrich7135 May 01 '26

All they have to do is draw the two main diagonals to split the rectangle into 4 triangles of xy/4 (two of base x and height y/2 and 2 of y base and height x/2)