The square napkin was folded in half, the resulting rectangle was folded in half again. The resulting square was cut with scissors in a straight line. Could the napkin fall apart
a) into 2 parts?
b) into 3 parts?
c) into 4 parts?
d) into 5 parts?

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Cut the figure shown in the figure into four identical parts so that they can be folded into a 6×6 square with a chess coloring.

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1) Cut a rectangle 4×9 in two parts, from which you can add a square 6×6.

2) Cut a rectangle 9×16 in two parts, which can be folded into a square.

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Cut each of the following figures into two equal parts.

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Eight rabbits were put in seven cages. Prove that there is a cage in which there are at least two rabbits.

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More about the pigeonhole principle

A team of four received 10 candies for winning the math regatta. The children divided the candies among themselves without breaking them. Determine whether the following statements are true:
a) "someone got at least two sweets";
b) "someone got at least three sweets";
c) "two people got at least two sweets";
d) "everyone got at least one sweets".

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1) There is a closet with 24 black and 24 blue socks in a dark room. What minimum number of socks must be taken from the closet so that at least one pair of socks of the same color can be knowingly made up?

2) What is the minimum number of socks needed to knowingly make up at least one pair of black socks?

3) How will the solution of the problem change if there are 12 pairs of black and 12 pairs of blue socks in the box and you need to make up a pair of one color (as in 1) and a pair of black (as in 2)? ( Shoes, unlike socks, are left and right.)

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🥳 August 24: Birthday of Bartholomaeus Pitiscus, author of the term "trigonometry"

#celebration

There are a million spruces growing in the forest. It is known that each of them has no more than 600,000 needles. Prove that there are two spruces with the same number of needles.

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The school has 30 classes and 1000 students. Prove that there is a class with at least 34 students.

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In a square carpet with a side of 4 meters, the moth ate 15 holes. Prove that it is possible to cut a rug from this carpet with a side of 1 meter, in which there will be no holes.

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In the final of the school basketball championship, the team scored 9 goals. Prove that there are 2 players of this team who scored equally goals. (There are 5 players on the basketball team.)

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Is it true that there are at least two people in your room who have the same number of friends in that room?

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There are two buckets: one with a capacity of 4 liters and the other with a capacity of 9 liters. Is it possible to use them alone to draw exactly 6 liters of water from the river?

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1) Is it possible to draw 4 liters of water from the tap with two 3-liter and 5-liter jars?

2) The same question if there are only 6-liter and 9-liter jars?

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Pour 13 liters of water from the cistern using 5-liter and 17-liter canisters.

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Is it possible to draw 8 liters of water from the river using two buckets with a capacity of 15 liters and 16 liters?

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There are three pots: 8 liters with compote, 3 liters and 5 liters empty. How do you divide the compote in half? (Compote, unlike water, cannot be poured out.)

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Is it possible to pour 50 liters of gasoline into three tanks so that the first tank has 10 liters more than the second, and the second tank has 21 liters more than the third?

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There are two hourglasses: for 7 minutes and for 11 minutes. The porridge cooks for 15 minutes. How do you use this clock to measure the right time?

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