Chess A standard chess board contains 64 small black or white squares. These squares make up many other larger squares of various sizes.
a. How many 8 x 8 squares are there on a standard 8 x 8 chessboard? How many 7 x 7 squares?
b. Continue this list until you have accounted for all 8 sizes of squares.
c. Use sigma notation to represent the total number of squares found on an 8 x 8 chessboard. Then calculate this sum.