Problem Seven: Menacing Matchsticks
Oct 19th, 2006 by Allen
Take seven matchsticks and arrange them on a table to make two adjacent squares of the same size. The matchsticks should look like the number 8.
Now, moving only two matchsticks, can you make….200?
You cannot:
Stack the matchsticks.
Bend or break the matchsticks.
Remove the matchsticks.
Update: Solutions are posted