How many squares do you see?

21 thoughts on “How many squares do you see?”

1. 41.
    

2. 35 to 38 were already counted as single squares.  The correct answer is 36.

3.  35 to 38 are not the small squares. They refer to the 3×3 square indicated by the yellow outline

4.  Where is the 41st?

5. I count 40. 🙂

6. All to do with interpretation. Is 6,7,10,11,14,15,18,19 really squares as they are cut off by the squares above 39,40 ….so is the answer 19….

7. I counted 47. The outside squares count as 1 big square with thick borders. Nine squares minus the middle make one smaller square with thick borders – 4x. The four squares surrounding a floating square, minus the floating square is a smaller square with medium thick borders – 2x. That’s an additional 7 to the 40 squares with “thin” borders. Total – 47.

8. I counted 47. In addition to the 40 shown above…7 more could be added if we shaded some squares. For ease of explanation, let’s assume the figure is 4″x4″. Each “regular” square then measures 1″x1″; and the “smaller” squares each measures 1/2″x1/2″. Using the number designations in the figures above:– Squares 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 make one big square with one-inch thick perimeter; — Squares 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, and 15 make one smaller square with one-inch thick perimeter – there are 4 of these;
   — Squares 6, 7, 10, and 11, [MINUS] 21, 22, 23, and 24 make one smaller with a half-inch thick borders – there are 2 of these. Total: 40+7=47

9. Hmm.. Not sure I’m following you.. Maybe a picture showing me what you mean will make it more clearer? :p

10. I counted 65 because you have to count the tiny boxes in each corner of the boxes itself.

11. Don’t see where you counted the 8 tiny purple squares.  That would make 48.

12. 44

13. your all wrong… the answer is 16… you cannot count the squares that have lines in them because the lines make them no longer squares….

14. 5, 9, 13, 17, 8, 12, 16, 21, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 ,28 are all actual squares… the rest arent… your answer is 16

15. It’s really surprising to see so many different approaches for a solution. Keep em’ coming!

16. some of those aren’t squares

17. 40

18. There are 40. All the other answers are wrong.

19. You need to realize they merely color coded but didn’t fill in the full area on some, but they are all squares if you are looking at the pictures correctly

20. The point of this exercise is to see where you can find squares. A square with lines in it, is (by all standards) still a square. Anyone who disagrees with this sincerely needs to go back to college and take some math and art classes.

21. 41, it has to be an odd number when you count the square it is set in.