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Puzzle | Form Three Equilateral Triangles

Last Updated : 24 Jan, 2026

Suppose you have a regular hexagon made up of matchsticks with three diagonals in it. The task is to convert the given hexagon into three equilateral triangles by moving only 4 matchsticks.

       (Each matchstick is numbered as shown below)       

👁 puzzle


Check if you were right - full answer with solution below.

Solution:

👁 puzzle_2-

Move 2, 4, 5, 6 numbered matches to get exactly three equilateral triangles as shown below.

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