So in Management Basics for Information Professionals by Evans and Ward, there is a brain teaser to determine the number of squares that can be created in the following 4×4 dot matrix. The answer given was 32 and for the life of me I could not figure out how the authors came to that answer. I was finally able to figure it out with a little help from Photoshop. So here is the solution that I figured out:
Group 1:
Group 2:
Group 3:
Group 4:
Group 5:
Group 6: