Go round a square
counting every corner
thrice and no more
add the count to me
to get exactly thirty four

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Solution

(i)There are 4corners in a square.

Thrice the number of corners in the square will be 3 × 4 = 12

When this result, i.e. 12, is added to the number, it comes to be 34. Therefore, the number will be the difference of 34 and 12 i.e., 34 − 12 = 22

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Go round a square counting every corner thrice and no more add the count to me to get exactly thirty four

(i)There are 4corners in a square. Thrice the number of corners in the square will be 3 × 4 = 12 When this result, i.e. 12, is added to the number, it comes to be 34. Therefore, the number will be the difference of 34 and 12 i.e., 34 − 12 = 22

Go round a square
counting every corner
thrice and no more
add the count to me
to get exactly thirty four

(i)There are 4corners in a square.

Thrice the number of corners in the square will be 3 × 4 = 12

When this result, i.e. 12, is added to the number, it comes to be 34. Therefore, the number will be the difference of 34 and 12 i.e., 34 − 12 = 22