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    Checkerboard Squares was a problem in math class. We had to find out how many perfect squares there were in an 8x8 checkerboard. Keep in mind that you can overlap squares.

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    Checkerboard Squares was a problem in math class. We had to find out how many perfect squares there were in an 8x8 checkerboard. Keep in mind that you can overlap squares.

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    Checkerboard Squares was a problem in math class. We had to find out how many perfect squares there were in an 8x8 checkerboard. Keep in mind that you can overlap squares.

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    CheckerboardSquares

    Inmathclass,weweregiventheCheckerboardSquaresproblem.Wehadtofindout
    howmanyperfectsquarestherewereinan8x8checkerboard.Keepinmindthatyoucan
    overlapsquares.BelowishowIsolvedthisproblem.
    Sincetryingtocountallthesquaresatonetimeisveryoverwhelming,Istartedsmall.I
    foundouthowmany1x1squarestherewere.MygroupandIcounted81x1squaresacrossthe
    top,sowemultiplied8by8andgot64.Sothereare641x1squares.Nextwegetalittlebigger.
    Wefoundouthowmany2x2squarestherewere.Sinceyoucanoverlap,wecounted72x2s
    acrossthetop,multipliedthatby7andgot49squares.And64+49=113.Thus,sofarwehave
    atotalof113squares.Nowletsgetbigger.Thereare63x3squaresacrossthetop.6x6=36,
    and36+113=149squarestotal.Nextis4x4.Thereare54x4sacrossthetop.5x5=25,and25
    +149=174totalsquares.Thenwehave5x5.Thereare45x5squaresacrossthetop.4x4=16.
    16+174=190totalsquares.Upnextis6x6s.Thereare36x6sacrossthetop,and3x3=9.9+
    190=199totalsquares.Thentheres7x7squares.Thereare27x7squaresyoucanfitacross
    thetop.2x2=4,and4+199=203totalsquares.Andfinally,wegettothe8x8,whichwasour
    startingpoint.Youcanonlyfitone8x8ininsideofan8x8square,soifyouadd1to203youget
    204totalsquares.Soyourfinalansweris204squares.Itwouldbeinterestingifwehadthe
    sameproblembutinsteadoffindingperfectsquares,youalsohadtofindimperfectsquares.

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