Count the squares. How many do you see? Reply in the comments.

There has been a figure posted on Facebook (and probably elsewhere) for a while with the challenge “Count the squares, how many do you see?  Post the number you found in the comments.”

This is my answer and methodology in hopes of bringing this foolishness to an end.  Frankly, I’m tired of counting squares.

One:  

Two:  

Three: 

Four: 

Five: 

Six, seven, eight, nine: 

Ten, eleven: 

Twelve, thirteen: 

Fourteen: 

Fifteen through thirty: 

Thirty one, thirty two: 

Thirty three through forty: 

Plus the square that posted this silly thing in the first place … Forty one!