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Matchstick Shapes

Matchstick Shapes

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Chapter 1 of 9 0 of 48 levels

Chapter 1: First moves

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Count your matches against what the goal needs: 4 for each square, 3 for each triangle. The difference tells you how many sides must be shared.

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Chapter 2: Take away

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Taking a match away breaks every shape it belongs to. Remove matches that leave only whole shapes, with no loose ends.

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Chapter 3: Share sides

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Shapes that share a side save a match. Count your matches to see how many sides must be shared.

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Chapter 4: Go outside

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The answer can use empty spots outside the starting figure, not only the ones inside it.

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Chapter 5: Big squares count

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A bigger shape counts too, even when the smaller shapes inside it are broken, as long as its own outer sides are whole. Count shapes of every size.

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Chapter 6: Add matches

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New matches can close an open side or build a new square against the figure. Count how many matches each square still needs, and spend them where they finish squares.

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Chapter 7: Triangles

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Each triangle needs three matches. Two triangles that share a side need five matches, not six.

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Chapter 8: Diamonds

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Four matches around two touching triangles make a diamond, with or without the match between them. Diamonds count as shapes.

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Chapter 9: Break one to make two

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Sometimes a finished shape has to be broken so its matches can make more shapes somewhere else.

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