
Cutting Squares
Problem 270
Published on Saturday, 26th December 2009, 01:00 am; Solved by 440A square piece of paper with integer dimensions N
N is placed with a corner at the origin and two of its sides along the x- and y-axes. Then, we cut it up respecting the following rules:
- We only make straight cuts between two points lying on different sides of the square, and having integer coordinates.
- Two cuts cannot cross, but several cuts can meet at the same border point.
- Proceed until no more legal cuts can be made.
Counting any reflections or rotations as distinct, we call C(N) the number of ways to cut an N
N square. For example, C(1) = 2 and C(2) = 30 (shown below).

What is C(30) mod 108 ?