Question Video: Dividing a Square into a Number of Triangles Mathematics

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How many line segments are needed to divide a square into three triangles?

The question is asking us to use line segments to divide a square into three triangles. Let’s start by drawing a square. How many line segments do we need to draw to divide this square into three triangles?

We can make two triangles by drawing one line. If we draw a second line, we have three triangles. We can divide a square into three triangles using two line segments.