Square Hunting

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5 solutions

Zandra Vinegar Staff
Sep 4, 2015

11 squares! We have five squares that measure 1x1, five squares that measure 2x2, and one square that measures 3x3.

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Saubia Ansari - 5 years, 9 months ago

Great solution.

Rama Devi - 5 years, 9 months ago

nice sol.....

Wahab Raja - 5 years, 9 months ago

Great solution.

Jeremy Hadfield - 5 years, 9 months ago

Is there any generealised method of solving these kind of problems?

Rahul Agrawal - 5 years, 4 months ago

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No general formula for any random/ irregular figure. However, there are some general formulas as follows:-

If there is a n n x n n square [an array of (n+1)x(n+1) points], then :-

(a) no. of squares within this square = n 2 \sum n^2

(b) no .of rectangles within this square = n 3 \sum n^3 = = n \sum n . . n \sum n

If there is a m m x n n rectangle [an array of (m+1)x(n+1) points], then :-

(c) no. of squares within this rectangle = m n + mn+ ( m 1 ) ( n 1 ) + (m-1)(n-1)+ ... until ( m x ) (m-x) or ( n x ) (n-x) become 1 1

(d) no .of rectangles within this rectangle = i = 1 m i \displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^m i j = 1 n j \displaystyle \sum_{j=1}^n j

Sachin Sharma - 5 years, 4 months ago

Maybe you should Call your squares more speciffic a linear square or something Else. Cause you Can easily Think that it was random squares. ;-)

Mads Andersen - 5 years ago

I did not even attempt to answer this question because there wasn't even any algebraic information on the side lengths of the rectilineal figures.

Sobhan Bihan - 5 years, 9 months ago

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Are you trying to say that you needed those squares to be confirmed as squares before you would class them as such? Just look at them! Clearly approximate, if not exact, squares - compared to very clear rectangles.

Andy Davies - 5 years, 9 months ago

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In mathematics, you cannot take anything for granted (and I also forgot to mention about the angles - there is no information on their measures).

Sobhan Bihan - 5 years, 9 months ago

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@Sobhan Bihan With the information you're given, if there is no answer of 'more information needed', I think you can safely assume that each of the approximate squares above ARE exact.

Andy Davies - 5 years, 8 months ago
Divya V
Sep 18, 2015

1 * 1 square = 5

2 * 2 square = 5

3 * 3 square = 1

So, Total 11.

Hadia Qadir
Sep 6, 2015

11 squares .

Start by counting the biggest squares which is 1 .. Then count the smaller ones which are 5 .. Then the smallest ones which are 5 .. So the total number is 10 squares .

Just to make this more clear, the inventory is like this:

  • 3x3: 1 square

  • 2x2: 5 squares

  • 1x1: 5 squares

Drake Pitts - 5 years, 9 months ago

I didn't know 1 + 5 + 5 added to 10 !! :)

Radhika Saithree - 5 years, 9 months ago

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I said 10. I just missed one, though!

Sara Flint - 5 years, 2 months ago
Ben Tennyson
Sep 16, 2015

In response to Sobhan Bihan: What u say is absolutely true but SOMETIMES, we need to rely more on our visual senses.... Also, isn't there any other way in which we can solve this question instead of counting??? It wud b of great help...

Suyash Bhandari
Sep 12, 2015

Amazing solution !

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