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Mr. Harris
Algebra II
11-7-17
Board of Checker Squares
Problem Statement:
John and Mark were bored of always playing checkers, so they thought of something fun
to mix it up. They wanted to find out how many squares are on the checkerboard, but could not
find a common solution. For this problem, we are trying to solve for the total amount of squares
in a 9x9 checkerboard. However, we must account for squares of ALL sizes in the checkerboard.
So, we must find the total amount of 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, 7x7, 8x8, and 9x9 squares on
the checkerboard. Then we must explain the strategy we used to find the total amount of squares
and create a formula that can be used to find the total amount of squares on a checkerboard.
Process:
In order to find the total amount of squares in a 9x9 checkerboard the equation (10-x)
squared. The equation is used to solve for the number of 1x1 to 9x9 squares on a 9x9
checkerboard. For the equation, x equals either 1 for 1x1 squares, 2 for 2x2 squares, and so on all
the way to 9 for 9x9 squares. Then the numbers are plugged into x.
Once the totals of the squares are found they are all added up:
So the overall process to solve for the number of squares in 9x9 checkerboard is by using (10-x)
squared then adding all the totals together to get the total amount of squares.
Solution:
The work checks out and the total number of squares in a 9x9 checkerboard are 285
squares. Thanks to the equation (10-x) squared I was able to plug in all the different sizes of
squares for x and find the total number of that sized square are in a 9x9 checkerboard.