Formula for calculating number of squares on a chess board?

Answer 1

I'm not sure about a equation, but if you were to count em' up, this is what you would get:

There are 64 1x1 squares on a standard checkerboard.

There are 204 total squares on an eight-by-eight checkerboard.

64 1x1 squares,

49 2x2 squares,

36 3x3 squares,

25 4x4 squares ,

16 5x5 squares,

9 6x6 squares ,

4 7x7 squares,

1 8x8 square,

Hope this helps!

Forthfriend.

[EDIT]

Also, if you just wanted to find the number of 1x1 squares you could do;

length x width equals 'surface area' or (a x b=c ) count the squares on one side, (horozontal) this equals (a) now count the squares on the other side (vertical) this equals (b) now multiply them for a calculation of 'surface area' You can use this method to find surface area in measurements or by the count of an item.

EDIT

notice how they're all square numbers

64=8x8

49=7x7

36=6x6

25=5x5

16=4x4

9=3x3

4=2x2

1=1x1

Forever12

Answer 2

A Chess board that has an 8 X 8 grid will have 64 squares .

Answer 3

A chessboard is 8 squares long and 8 squares wide, so it's 8 x 8 = 64 squares total.

Answer 4

8^2+7^2+6^2+5^2+4^2+3^2+2^2+1^2=204