How many squares are there on a chess board?

Well lets investigate!

Well, that is easy!

A chess board has 8 squares along.. and 8 squares down

8 X 8 = 64

1x1=1 2x2=4 3x3=9 4 x 4 = 16 But the answer is still wrong. 5 x 5 = 25 6 x 6 = 36 7 x 7 = 49 8 x 8 = 64 9 x 9 = 81 etc..etc..

Well done, you know your square numbers!

Miss.Miss. The whole board is a square! So there are 65.

Well done Johnny, youre thinking on the right lines.

But the answer is not quite right.

Go into groups and investigate.

Blue table, what did you find out? Well Miss, there are lots more squares, look.. A 2 by 2 square, and there are lots of them. And we worked together and found there are 49 2 by 2 squares!

Green table, what did you find out? Well Miss, there are lots more squares, look.. A 3 by 3 square, and there are lots of them. And we worked together and found there are 36 3 by 3 squares!

Yellow table, what did you find out? Well Miss, there are lots more squares, look.. A 4 by 4 square, and there are lots of them. And we worked together and found there are 25 4 by 4 squares!

So the tables continued... Red: There are 16, 5 by 5 squares. Purple: There are 9, 6 by 6 squares. White: There are 4, 7 by 7 squares.

1x1 2x2 3x3 4x4 5x5 6x6 7x7 8x8

= 1 Thats the big board. =4 7 by 7 =9 6 by 6 = 16 5 by 5 = 25 4 by 4 = 36 3 by 3 = 49 2 by 2 = 64 Thats all the squares

Well done, you know your square numbers!

So, 64 + 49 + 36 + 25 + 16 + 9 +4 + 1

equals

So, how many squares are there on a chess board?

It depends on your level of learning. 64 or 204

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