November 2025
Problem of the Month

Circle Problem
from Dr. Ecker's Recreational and Educational Computing issue #121 Summer 2005




Take a square of side length 1 unit and draw four quarter circles within the square, each with radius 1 unit and center at a corner of the square.

This divides the square into nine partitions with essentially three distinct shapes.

What is the area of each of the shapes created?






Send your solution by the end of the month to: mathpage@gmail.com