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23 December

There are 18 ways to split a 3 by 3 square into 3 rectangles whose sides all have integer length:
How many ways are there to split a 10 by 10 square into 3 rectangles whose sides all have integer length?

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9 December

The diagram below shows a rectangle. Two of its sides have been coloured blue. A red line has been drawn from two of its vertices to the midpoint of a side.
The total length of the blue lines is 50cm. The total length of the red lines is also 50cm. What is the area of the rectangle (in cm2)?

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1 December

One of the vertices of a rectangle is at the point \((9, 0)\). The \(x\)-axis and \(y\)-axis are both lines of symmetry of the rectangle.
What is the area of the rectangle?

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Equal lengths

The picture below shows two copies of the same rectangle with red and blue lines. The blue line visits the midpoint of the opposite side. The lengths shown in red and blue are of equal length.
What is the ratio of the sides of the rectangle?

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1 December

What is area of the largest area rectangle which will fit in a circle of radius 10?

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