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Count the number of grid squares on each grid board.
  • How many T-tetrominoes are needed to cover a 4 x 4 grid board?

  • How many grid squares are on a 5 x 5 grid board? Remember that T-tetrominoes each have four grid squares.

  • View the 6 x 6 grid board colored as a checker board.

A T-tetromino would cover 1 white and 3 black
squares () or 1 black and 3 white squares ().

The number of black and white squares is the same, so a cover would need half the T-tetrominoes covering 1 white and 3 black and half covering 3 white and 1 black. Can we do that?


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