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Monday's ^gentle^ brain teaser, it will leave you ^square eyed^. ??????

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Marydoll Mon 06-Apr-20 08:11:22
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Good morning virtual pupils, here is today's problem. No I don't mean those troublemakers, Gilly and Doodle! wink.
Many years ago, I had to lie flat for a couple of hours, whilst having a full body scan done. I passed the time, counting how many squares were on the ceiling. ?
The difficulty is that four square ceiling tiles together make one large square, so I kept losing count. The radiographer thought I was mad.
That was a hint to the solution, by the way. wink

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V3ra Mon 06-Apr-20 08:45:24

36?

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Juliet27 Mon 06-Apr-20 08:46:02

I increased the squares so I could measure more easily and they were 2cm x 1.5cm. So it’s something to do with my iPad. Anyway, whatever the shape, I’m sticking to 33

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Nortsat Mon 06-Apr-20 08:52:53

Well I can’t get past 31 ...

Mind you, in yesterday’s ‘brain teaser’ I couldn’t get past 22.

I don’t think my brain is up to too much teasing at the moment Marydoll ?

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Scentia Mon 06-Apr-20 09:03:17

19, final answer.

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Marydoll Mon 06-Apr-20 09:03:28

This is just meant to just help pass the time for people, so please don't take too seriously, just a strategy for helping to keep the brain cells working and an opportunity for a bit of social interaction.

I will be back later, with another teaser. I've more important things to do, I have bread ? to make and there is a great drying wind. ?

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Pittcity Mon 06-Apr-20 09:04:01

36

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Greyduster Mon 06-Apr-20 09:04:50

33 for me too. I was consistent at maths at school - consistently bottom of the class!!

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Greyduster Mon 06-Apr-20 09:07:42

No! 34.

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Amee Mon 06-Apr-20 09:16:44

I can find 33

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Pittcity Mon 06-Apr-20 09:18:38

I've counted again and found more....
40

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tanith Mon 06-Apr-20 09:31:55

33 for me

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gillybob Mon 06-Apr-20 09:32:04

I’m getting 31 but I’m going in for a double check .

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gillybob Mon 06-Apr-20 09:32:39

No make that 32 !

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downtoearth Mon 06-Apr-20 09:35:06

35

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gillybob Mon 06-Apr-20 09:36:38

You OP made me smile Marydoll . When my DH was brought out of his coma he was given a speech valve into a tracheostomy . It took him ages to get out what he was trying to say and he couldn’t hold a pen . One of the consultants brought him a letter grid so he could point to the letters to form words..... his first words were .....”22 squares” ....the ceiling tiles he could see in his bay .

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Nana3 Mon 06-Apr-20 09:37:34

40. Will check again.

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FarNorth Mon 06-Apr-20 09:45:21

36, I bid.

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JackyB Mon 06-Apr-20 09:48:02

I have got 34 so far, but they look like rectangles to me, too, so I'm not sure if, say, two by two is really a square.

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mary51 Mon 06-Apr-20 09:52:31

I make it 17.

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Marydoll Mon 06-Apr-20 09:53:32

For the purpose of the puzzle They are SQUARES. They may appear to be rectangles, depending on the device, you are using..

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Bathsheba Mon 06-Apr-20 10:02:45

40. I've counted so many times, I'm going ever so slightly doolally. But 40 is the most I can get. It's slightly offputting that they look like rectangles!

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gillybob Mon 06-Apr-20 10:04:55

I’m coming in for a third go and say 36 !

MissDoll you are driving your class mad !

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shysal Mon 06-Apr-20 10:34:05

33

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shysal Mon 06-Apr-20 10:35:32

No! 37

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annsixty Mon 06-Apr-20 10:45:47

37 for me too.

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