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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

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

Doodle Mon 06-Apr-20 15:53:23

hazbeen you snitch. ?

grandtanteJE65 Mon 06-Apr-20 15:52:51

34

HAZBEEN Mon 06-Apr-20 15:48:26

But Miss Doodle doesnt mind going in the boys toilets, shes always hanging around there.

Marydoll Mon 06-Apr-20 15:47:33

Eh, eh, eh, no talking in class or you will all be cleaning the toilets! (Very sad teacher face).?????

I will be back in a wee while with the answers.
Millionth in the queue on a customer service phone line, so don't hold your breath! ?

boat Mon 06-Apr-20 15:45:11

10 squares?

FarNorth Mon 06-Apr-20 15:41:58

Well done, Pantglas2, you got the same as me for the 8's puzzle. smile

Marydoll Mon 06-Apr-20 15:40:17

MissDoll, takes a deep breath and counts to ten.

Doodle and Hazbeen, you are on toilet cleaning duties. The cleaners are all off sick!
BTW, it's the boy's toilets! ?

HAZBEEN Mon 06-Apr-20 15:27:30

Miss Doodle is looking at my work! Not snitching honest!

Doodle Mon 06-Apr-20 14:23:19

Wot hazbeen and pantglas said. Not cheating Miss! ?

Nannytopsy Mon 06-Apr-20 14:20:28

34?

Doodle Mon 06-Apr-20 14:19:23

I make it 36 squares.

Doodle Mon 06-Apr-20 14:17:34

Miss says they are all squares. Pay attention class.
(Doodle being goody two shoes ?)

Marydoll Mon 06-Apr-20 13:44:26

There are no rectangles, apart from when you make a column of squares. That was stated earlier on.
It is how it appears on some devices, the squares appear stretched.They are perfect squares on my PC.
There is nothing I can do about the apparent distortion. Sorry! ☹

mumu54 Mon 06-Apr-20 13:37:00

36

varian Mon 06-Apr-20 13:32:24

10 squares. many more rectantgles

Marydoll Mon 06-Apr-20 13:21:30

I wondered where you were, Doodle. We missed your antics contribution. ?
No show without Punch.

Doodle Mon 06-Apr-20 13:11:16

Miss Doll sorry the dog ate my homework. The bus didn’t arrive and I had to walk all the way here. I was up late studying for today’s quiz so didn’t get to sleep till late.
Time for lunch did you say. Ok, I will have lunch then attack both puzzles.
It’s not me Miss it’s that gilly she keeps leading me astray.?

Busybees Mon 06-Apr-20 13:06:00

23 I think.

Marydoll Mon 06-Apr-20 13:05:47

Not had lunch yet, too busy wasting spending time on GN?

willa45 Mon 06-Apr-20 12:52:25

Up bright and early today.......which should be past your lunchtime by now. I counted 40 and it's not even 8 am here, so go easy on me.

Pantglas2 Mon 06-Apr-20 12:27:18

888
+88
+08
+08
+08

=1000

HAZBEEN Mon 06-Apr-20 12:21:56

1. 32
2. 888+88+8+8+8=1000

trisher Mon 06-Apr-20 12:21:03

36

tiredoldwoman Mon 06-Apr-20 12:13:07

31

Marydoll Mon 06-Apr-20 12:13:03

Using only addition, how can you use eight eights to get the number 1,000?