{"id":25863,"date":"2026-05-12T14:25:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=25863"},"modified":"2026-05-12T14:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:25:26","slug":"how-many-circles-are-there-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=25863","title":{"rendered":"How Many Circles Are There!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\">\n<div class=\"relative w-full overflow-visible\">\n<section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh] R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:35e6a911-445d-4a60-85c7-a11bf986bbb4-38\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:35e6a911-445d-4a60-85c7-a11bf986bbb4-38\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-50\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"ef473b9b-4afa-4150-b6a2-af4ed59ff280\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3-mini\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"236\">At first glance, this black-and-white puzzle looks simple: one large circle with four smaller circles inside it. Because of its clean symmetry, many people assume the answer is obvious\u2014but the trick is that it tests attention, not math.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"238\" data-end=\"408\">Each of the four inner circles actually contains two smaller circles stacked vertically. These are often mistaken as a single \u201c8\u201d shape, which leads people to undercount.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"470\">To solve it correctly, you must count everything separately:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"472\" data-end=\"560\">\n<li data-section-id=\"ka2fvz\" data-start=\"472\" data-end=\"496\">1 large outer circle<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1ymrk0x\" data-start=\"497\" data-end=\"527\">4 medium circles inside it<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1hfzok7\" data-start=\"528\" data-end=\"560\">8 small circles inside those<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"562\" data-end=\"602\">So the total is: 1 + 4 + 8 = 13 circles.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"604\" data-end=\"778\">Most people miss this because the brain groups familiar shapes too quickly. The puzzle works by exploiting that visual shortcut, forcing you to slow down and count carefully.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"780\" data-end=\"809\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"780\" data-end=\"809\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Final answer: 13 circles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"contents\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none -mt-px h-px translate-y-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom)-14*var(--spacing))]\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At first glance, this black-and-white puzzle looks simple: one large circle with four smaller circles inside it. Because of its clean symmetry, many people assume the answer is obvious\u2014but the trick is that it tests attention, not math. Each of the four inner circles actually contains two smaller circles stacked vertically. These are often mistaken&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=25863\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;How Many Circles Are There!&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25865,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25863\/revisions\/25865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}