Sometimes the tasks that seem the easiest turn out to be the hardest. Even though that’s just a fact of life, it does make for some fun brain teasers. Take this puzzle that’s been going around WhatsApp. It asks you to do something that seems so easy that it’s funny: count the squares. It might look a lot easier than these math and logic puzzles, but it will definitely make you think!
You have to figure out how many squares are in this grid to solve the puzzle. If you don’t remember much about geometry from grade school, a square is a shape with four sides that are all the same length. So a shape with four sides of different sizes doesn’t count.
At first, it seems pretty easy, but don’t forget that you have to take into account squares that overlap, squares inside squares, big squares, and small squares. It’s not as easy as you might think. If you like to find hidden words, try these rebus puzzles and see how you do.