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Pythagorean Puzzle

Click on the "show me how" button to see how to do this puzzle. When you're ready to try it yourself, click the "my turn" button. You can try variations on this puzzle by clicking the "next" button.

Can you use this puzzle to prove that the blue and yellow squares in the top figure take up the same amount of space as the red square? How?

This puzzle is named after Pythagoras, a Greek mathematician who gave us the earliest known proof of this special relationship.

Leone Learning Systems, Inc. (LLS) is a North Shore company that provides online courses for kids anywhere and local teaching and tutoring services for students in Chicago and the Northern Suburbs of Chicagoland. LLS also provides a free geometry software package for children age 6 and up, and free resources for teachers and parents. This site includes information about classes taught, availability for tutoring, learning activities for kids, lesson plans, and an ongoing software and curriculum research and development effort.