Question

Maria uses paper squares to create a rectangle. Joey cuts all of Maria’s squares in half to create triangles. He uses all the triangles to make a rectangle. There are 18 triangles in joey’s rectangle. How many squares where in Maria’s shape?

Answer 1

I‘m sure that the answer should be nine.

Answer 2

9 squares because if there are 18 triangles in it then you divide 18 by 2 and get 9