Squared Animals

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Nine animals are arranged in three rows of three

Nine Animals

By drawing three squares can you separate them all?

 

 

 

 

 

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Answer

Nine animals in three squares

 

 

What if there were four rows of four animals?
How many squares would it take to separate them all?

Sixteen Animals