Complexities of Life - 1

Probability Level 2

How many squares are there in a chessboard?

88 64 204 infinite

Ritu Roy by Ritu Roy , 22, India

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Harsh Shrivastava
Aug 21, 2014

There are 64 (1x1) squares. There are 49 (2x2) squares. There are 36 (3x3) squares. There are 25 (4x4) squares. There are 16 (5x5) squares. There are 9 (6x6) squares. Then there are 4 (7x7) squares and 1 big 8x8 square. So, there are a total of 204 squares on a normal chessboard.

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Aishwarya Gavai
May 12, 2014

no. of squares= 1^2+2^2+3^2+4^2+5^2+6^2+7^2+8^2=204; for 8 rows by 8 coulms

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