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If you have a box of 250 toothpicks,what is the largest sized square you could build?

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A square is made up of 4 sides, so you need to figure out the maximum number of toothpicks that can be divided into 4 piles

250/4 = 62.5, but because .5 is not a whole toothpick, you would use 4 sides of 62 tooth picks

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well a square has 4 sides so 250÷4 is 62.5 but u cant use more than 250 so its 62 so each side would be 62 toothpicks long
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