Pythagorean Puzzle

[Note - original idea from this item on Amazon.]

I took the idea, but thought I could do better, so added in some “grid lines”, labelled all the edges and shapes clearly, and I wanted to play with magnets, so while the 3 bottom sheets are glued together, the acrylic cover is held in place with magnets. (I used magnets on every sheet to auto-align during gluing, and to make enough pull force to keep the cover in place normally)




This is the 3x4x5 Pythagorean Triple version (in imperial) - I also made a 5x12x13 (in metric) (not pictured)

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Turned out great.

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Cool, love the magnet and acrylic idea for the transparent lid.

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Neat idea!

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Wonderful teaching tool, and it looks nice too!

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Great idea! Turned out wonderful!

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Very well done. Math and art skillfully executed.

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wherever the idea came from, it’s ingenious. your add-ons really pull it together.

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Thanks for the replies - the 2 math teachers who each got a pair were pretty impressed as well, and were showing them off to friends, so that made my day!

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