SOLUTION: A square board that has an area of 25 square inches is to be cut into pieces, each of which is a square with sides of length 1,2 or 3 inches. What is the least number of such squar

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Question 165118: A square board that has an area of 25 square inches is to be cut into pieces, each of which is a square with sides of length 1,2 or 3 inches. What is the least number of such square pieces into which the board can be cut?: A square board that has an area of 25 square inches is to be cut into pieces, each of which is a square with sides of length 1,2 or 3 inches. What is the least number of such square pieces into which the board can be cut?
Answers are as follows
A). 5
B). 6
C). 7
D). 8
E). 9

Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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1 3x3=9"^2
4 2x2=16"^2
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5
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Ed