How Many Squares?

How many squares can you make by joining four points on this grid?

Look for squares of different sizes and also tilted squares

Start with a 3 by 3 grid of nine dots. Can you find six squares?

Then go on to the 4 by 4 grid of sixteen dots.

What can you say about the areas of the squares

How Many Squares for a 5 by 5 grid of 25 dots?

Download  a sheet of 3 by 3 grids or 4 by 4 grids or 5 by 5 grids.

Click here for the Home Learning Guide

Click here for the HOW MANY SQUARES worksheet.

See the NOTES FOR TEACHERS

Play the Square It Game SQUARE IT GAME BOARDS

or play the game against a computer on the NRICH site