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UKMT Junior Kangaroo, 2025

Combinatorics Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

What is the largest number of shapes of this form that can be cut out from the $5 \times 5$ square shown on the right?

(A) $2$ (B) $4$ (C) $5$ (D) $6$ (E) $7$

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