{"id":557,"date":"2019-10-03T13:32:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T20:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theothermath.com\/?p=557"},"modified":"2020-03-19T11:14:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T18:14:44","slug":"equilateral-triangle-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/03\/equilateral-triangle-puzzle\/","title":{"rendered":"Equilateral Triangle Puzzle (original post)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the start of the school year, I came across this tweet by @MathEqualsLove&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This Week&#8217;s Puzzle: Equilateral Triangle. This puzzle is always a favorite! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tPyH2w2spF\">https:\/\/t.co\/tPyH2w2spF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mtbos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mtbos<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/iteachmath?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#iteachmath<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/teach180?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#teach180<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/puzzlingclassroom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#puzzlingclassroom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Se6RJJepj\">pic.twitter.com\/8Se6RJJepj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mathequalslove\/status\/1166128652037349378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I loved the <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1NNc37z6QGH4v4o68fTJcB3lLhQGJjM8B\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Equilateral Puzzle<\/a>, so I finally got around to sharing it with teachers during a workshop I was leading. They loved it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1pITsVnQ9PKj176eZCfzKIQA-VkQdcf17\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-559 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/000-300x231.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/000-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/000-768x593.png 768w, https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/000-1024x790.png 1024w, https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/000.png 1410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I changed the problem slightly to create multiple levels of success&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1pITsVnQ9PKj176eZCfzKIQA-VkQdcf17\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-568 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/001-1-1024x569.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/001-1-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/001-1-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/001-1-768x427.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One teacher said he&#8217;d even try it with his continuation high school students. True to his word&#8230;he did&#8230;and sent me these photos of joyful students persevering.<\/p>\n<p>Give it a try yourself!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-560\" src=\"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image001.jpg 360w, https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image001-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-561\" src=\"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image002.jpg 360w, https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image002-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-562\" src=\"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image003.jpg 480w, https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image003-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-563\" src=\"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image004.jpg 480w, https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image004-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-564\" src=\"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image005.jpg 640w, https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image005-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-565\" src=\"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image006.jpg 360w, https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image006-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-566\" src=\"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image007.jpg 360w, https:\/\/theothermath.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image007-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the start of the school year, I came across this tweet by @MathEqualsLove&#8230; This Week&#8217;s Puzzle: Equilateral Triangle. This puzzle is always a favorite! https:\/\/t.co\/tPyH2w2spF #mtbos #iteachmath #teach180 #puzzlingclassroom pic.twitter.com\/8Se6RJJepj \u2014 Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove) August 26, 2019 I loved the Equilateral Puzzle, so I finally got around to sharing it with teachers during a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[35,51],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":712,"href":"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions\/712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}