How Many Squares 2

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• Greg, New York
• Tuesday, September 01, 2009
• "On the website, it says that there are only 4 green ones and that the total is 11. they are wrong. There are actually 8 green ones and the total is 15 because there are 4 big green squares on the outside and 4 small green squares in the center."
• Rob, Estonia
• Thursday, January 07, 2010
• "Read the question again - the 4 green squares you point to are not drawn by connecting the dots and thus do not count towards the answer. 11 is correct."
• Year 10 Set 2, Welshpool High School Powys
• Thursday, January 20, 2011
• "Only George and Daniel got the right answer. Most thought it was 9."
• Mr Seale's Class 2011, Holywell High School
• Tuesday, April 12, 2011
• "We think we can find 13, with the 4 extra squares in the middle! :)."
• Eddy, Wellington, New Zealand
• Thursday, April 14, 2011
• "Cool, I liked this one. I got 9."

 

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