At first glance, this looks like a simple counting puzzle.
But there’s a catch…
The watermelons have been cut into different shapes and arranged around the edges of the square, making it surprisingly easy to count them incorrectly. 👀
The challenge asks:
HOW MANY WHOLE WATERMELONS ARE HERE?
Take a close look before you answer.
Don’t simply count the visible pieces. Some of them are only parts of a whole watermelon, so you need to combine the fractions carefully.
🍉 LET’S BREAK IT DOWN
Start with the four corner pieces.
Each corner watermelon has a quarter missing, meaning each one represents 3/4 of a whole watermelon.
So:
4 × 3/4 = 3 whole watermelons
Now look at the four pieces positioned in the middle of the sides.
