A farmer wants to divide a square field into four plots of identical size and shape for his four children. What is the smallest number of straight, continuous fence lines running from one outer border to another that he needs to erect inside the field?
2 fence lines.
Drawing two straight fence lines—one horizontally through the center and one vertically through the center—divides the square into four identical smaller square plots.
About this riddle
Logic riddles give you a few facts and ask what must be true. List what you know, cross out what cannot be, and see what is left.
Difficulty: Medium. More like this: Logic riddles with answers or try Einstein's Logic Grid for a different kind of puzzle.
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