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== Tilings with non-congruent rectangles ==

The smallest square that can be cut into (m × n) rectangles, such that all m and n are different integers, is the 11 × 11 square, and the tiling uses five rectangles.<ref name="x">''[[{{cite journal|last1=Madachy|first1=Joseph S|title=Problems and conjectures |journal=Journal of Recreational Mathematics]]'',|date=Winter 1996|volume=28:|issue=1, p. |pages=61-64{{title missing|issn=0022-412X}}</ref>

The smallest rectangle that can be cut into (m × n) rectangles, such that all m and n are different integers, is the 9 × 13 rectangle, and the tiling uses five rectangles.<ref name="x" />