Camryn Heitzenrater

Mr. Harris
Pre-Calculus
5 November 2017

Problem Statement:
John and Mark were trying to figure out how many squares they can find in the
checkerboard. They don’t get the same number. How many squares can you find in the
checkerboard? First, I saw that the checkerboard was 9x9 (9 squares wide and 9 squares tall.) so
I multiplied 9 by 9 and go 81, which, means there are a total of 81 small squares on the board.
Next, I multiplied 8x8 and got 64. I did this method all the until I got to 1x1 because 1x1 is
exactly 1. I then looked and saw that since 1 multiplied by 1 is 1 then there has to be 81 1x1
squares. Then, for 2x2 squares I thought that there had to be 64 2x2s. I then counted the 2x2
squares to make sure it was the right idea and it was. I then matched the product of the numbers I
squared with the size of the blocks.

Numbers Squared: How Many of Each Square:

9x9: 81 1x1: 81
8x8: 64 2x2: 64
7x7: 49 3x3: 49
6x6: 36 4x4: 36
5x5: 25 5x5: 25
4x4: 16 6x6: 16
3x3: 9 7x7: 9
2x2: 4 8x8: 4
1x1: 1 9x9: 1

My final answer for how many squares there are is 285 squares on the checkerboard.

Algebraic Equation:
N=9
(n)^2+(n-1)^2+(n-2)^2+(n-3)^2+(n-4)^2+(n-5)^2+(n-6)^2+(n+7)^2+(n-8)^2+(n-9)^2= 285

Figure out all terms the combine all like terms:

n^2+n^2-2n+1+n^2-6n+9+n^ 2-8n+16+n^2-10n+25+n^2-12n+36+n^2-14n+49+n^2-
16n+64+n^2-18n+81