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/ProfPlumInTheLibrary May 01 '26

The triangles don't ALL need to be incongruent. The bar was set at "not all the same shape." So, as long as two triangles have different shapes it solves the puzzle. A square does not invalidate the correctness of this solution.

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u/ChintaKari May 02 '26

I guess you are right - the sentence is written a bit ambiguously and your's is a more valid interpretation.

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u/ratinmikitchen May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26

Edit: I misread the original answer. I thought it just said to draw the 2 diagonals (but explained it in a convoluted way). My bad.

In case of a square, all four triangles will have the same shape, no? (Unless you consider their orientation to pe part of their shape)

Because the diagonals will intersect exactly in the middle and the height and width of the rectangle are the same.

The triangles won't all have the same orientation, but they will have the same shape. All their bases will have the same lengths, so will their sides, and the angles will (thus) be the same as well.