A 64-square-inch paper figure may be cut into four pieces which when rearranged, take up 65 square inches
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A good math student might solve that paradox but how a paper strip, cut lenghwise, remains in one piece is more mysterious. These and other "tricks" can make arithmetic fun for school pupils and mathematics teachers, according to William O. Maricle.