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COUNT THE NUMBER OF SQUARES YOU SEE IN THIS GRAPHIC

YOUR FIRST ANSWER: _____
NOW, LOOK FOR MORE: _____
LOOK ONE MORE TIME: _____
YOUR FINAL ANSWER: _____
Figure 4: The Second Right Answer.
EXERCISE ANSWER: Most see the 16 individual squares first. Then they see the big outisde 4 x 4 square.
Then they see 9 more 2 x 2 squares for a total of 33 squares.

CANDICE BURG | 3289728 | SDES0915 | CREATIVE THINKING CASE STUDIES | 2013

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