Take a break with a little brain game

[madamesilverspurs]

How many squares do you see?





I counted 40.

[Mz Pip]

1. Me, too.

Is 40 the right answer?

[footinmouth]

2. 31

[dsc]

3. I get 36

One for the big square, 16 little squares, 8 tiny squares, 2 squares containing 4 tiny squares each, and then 9 2 by 2 squares (3 per row). that totals 36

[ohheckyeah]

7. I get 36 as well. n/t

[Brother Buzz]

4. 33?

On edit: I now count 36

[Speck Tater]

5. I also count 40, as follows:

Edit to enumerate the squares.

Consider the square to be four units on a side.

4x4 squares - 1
3x3 squares - 4
2x2 squares - 9
1x1 squares - 18 (16 in the 4x4 and 2 extras inside the grid)
half-size squares - 8

1 + 4 + 9 + 18 + 8 = 40

[Brother Buzz]

10. Ha! I missed the 3x3 squares

[ohheckyeah]

12. I missed the 3 x 3 squares.

duh

[dsc]

20. good job wondered what I missed

[Speck Tater]

21. By nature, I'm not good with details...

...so I have to consciously be very methodical. It comes from all my many years as a computer programmer and learning how to not miss things I would miss if I weren't being so artificially methodical.

[SoCalDem]

6. 31?

[TheDebbieDee]

8. I counted 31 as well..........

[NYC_SKP]

9. 40 is the correct answer

16- 1x1
9- 2x2
4- 3x3
1- 1x1

...are 30

plus 10 due to the two "odd" sqares added in.

So, yes, 40.

[Broken_Hero]

11. Intially

I counted 31, and saw what others posted, and after 17minutes or so, came to 40. The ones that were hard to me were the bigger squares, of 3x3's....

Marty, your not thinking 4th dimensionally!!

[Control-Z]

13. I see 44

What is the correct answer?

[Brother Buzz]

15. No credit unless you show your work

[JI7]

14. i keep losing track

i count something and then forget if i had already counted what i just counted.

so far i'm doing it just by looking at it without any notes.

[bleever]

16. Should we count the one who posted this?

And all of us who like this stuff?

[fishwax]

18. lol -- complete L7's

[cthulu2016]

17. Okay smarty pants... how many rectangles?

[kentuck]

19. 42

is what I got.