How many squares are there on a chess board in its play area?

Question

I think we are missing one point here ..... four squares put together, or 9 squares put together, etc form a square ...... isn't it ?

Answer 1

There are 64 squares on a chess board. But if you mean squares of any size, not just squares as they would be used in the game of chess, the the answer is:

8^2 = 64 1 by 1 squares
7^2 = 49 2 by 2 squares
6^2 = 36 3 by 3 squares
5^2 = 25 4 by 4 squares
4^2 = 16 5 by 5 squares
3^2 = 9 6 by 6 squares
2^2 = 4 7 by 7 squares
1^2 = 1 8 by 8 squares

The answer then is the sum of the squares of the numbers 1 thru 8. The formula for the sum of the squares 1 thru n is:

n(n+1)(2n+1)/6

Plugging in for n = 8 we get:

8(8+1)(2*8+1)/6 = 8*9*17/6 = 204

Answer 2

64 Squares

Answer 3

Hmm what do you mean by squares? Do you mean individual squares, one that a chess piece is placed on? Or do you mean all squares of all sizes?

If you mean the first then the answer is 64.

Otherwise it's much larger, 204 to be exact.

The formula is n(n+1)(2n+1)/6

So...

8(9)(17)/6 = 204

Answer 4

64

Answer 5

64

Answer 6

A chest board has 64 square

32 White suares

32 black squares

- - - - - -s-

Answer 7

there are 64 squares in all in a chess board.

Answer 8

64 squares it is...
8 on each side...
8 x 8 = 64(:

Answer 9

I beleive its 65 (8 x 8 + the big one)

Answer 10

in all theres 64 but black there are 32 which means 32 white ones okie dokie :)