How many squares are there in the given shape?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → 8
Squares are counted size by size, naming each by its corners so that none is counted twice. The figure is two overlapping squares; the part they share is divided into four small squares.
Smallest squares in the shared part: EFJI, FGKJ, IJNM, JKPN — 4
The small square in the top-left corner: ABED — 1
The shared part as a whole: EGPM — 1
The two large squares: ACPL and EHRQ — 2
Total \(=4+1+1+2=8\)
The other pieces, BCGE and DEML, are rectangles, not squares, and the strip along the right and bottom of the second square is L-shaped, with no line across it to close off a square.