How Many Squares?#1

Topics: Starter | Puzzles | Shape

• Quinetta, NH
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• My fiance and I just did this puzzle; me on paper and him in head. I got 44 and he got 46. Very fun though.
• Class 5G, Derby
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• We think that Mrs Green is the cleverest teacher in the world as she got all 42!! 5G are quite celever too... :).
• Mrs Hill's Marvellous Maths Group - Form 5, Eversfield Preparatory School, Solihull
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• We found all 42 squares easily. We went on to look at the chess board and found lots of squares...204 in total. What's more, we noticed lots of other really interesting patterns. Square numbers are clever things...and so are we!
  Mrs Hill's last ever maths lesson at Eversfield. :-(.
• Mr Cansdale, Wintringham Grimsby
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• The majority of 8X2 of Wintringham believe it is 44! (HA).
• Mr Cansdale 8A4, Oasis Wintringham
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• 7 out of 21 think 34.
• Mr Jing-Hao, Japan School
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• Extremely easy starter the pupil in my top set found 42 in a matter of seconds.
• Purab, Noida
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• Quinetta can you tell me how you got 46 or 44 I only got 40.
• Mary And Class 3, Class 3
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• Class 3 at Frettenham Primary (Year 4/5/6) all agree there are 42 squares.
• Paulie, Cleveland, OH
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• There are:
  24 1x1 squares
  13 2x2 squares
  4 3x3 squares
  1 4x4 square
  for a total of 42 squares. Only 42!!!
  On the chessboard there are:
  64 1x1 squares
  49 2x2 squares
  36 3x3 squares
  25 4x4 squares
  16 5x5 squares
  9 6x6 squares
  4 7x7 squares
  1 8x8 square
  for a total of 204 squares.
• Devon, UK
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• Can't wait to this with my class. We found 45.

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