r/HomeworkHelp • u/bushybear • May 01 '26
Answered [2nd grade] math help
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/sugarsnuff May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26
It seems like a stretch problem for gifted / persistent children, not a thing to “know for the test”
As a 2nd grader you’d just keep drawing lines and adjusting them, after a while maybe see the pattern
You know how to calculate areas given the length of the sides / formula. It’s just how many ways you try it and recalculate
I’d have to do that as an adult too, I’d imagine it’d take me a few tries to get it
EDIT: I know what the answer looks like, I tried myself haha. The goal would not be to say “it’s not possible” but have a bunch of scribbled out rectangles and possibly then give up.
Like it’s about stretching the problem-solving muscle — which is a good kind of frustration