Question

how many rectangles are required to form a square if each rectangle is 8 cm long and 1 cm broad.

Answer 1

It is not possible because,all sides of square are equal

Answer 2

Total 8 rectangles are required to form a square if each rectangle is 8 cm long and 1 cm broad.

Given:

Rectangle:

Length = 8cm

Width = 1cm

To find:

Rectangles to form Square = ?

Solution:

Let us assume length of rectangle to be the side of square:

If we add seven more rectangles to length side by side then as width of rectangle is 1cm, the width of seven rectangles would add upto 7cm.

1cm + 7cm = 8cm

Since, we made width 8cm and length is already 8cm, we finally formed square with 7 more rectangles.

Therefore, total 8 rectangles are required to form a square if each rectangle is 8 cm long and 1 cm broad.