Here's a question to trick a lot of chess fans out there....How many squares are there on a standard 8 x 8 chessboard?
As you probably figured out, (technically) it's not 64!
8 x 8 squares - 1
7 x 7 squares - 4
6 x 6 squares - 9
5 x 5 squares - 16
4 x 4 squares - 25
3 x 3 squares - 36
2 x 2 squares - 49
1 x 1 squares - 64
Total: 204 squares
For a brief explanation on how to solve for an n x n chessboard, visit http://www.mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/59206.html
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