Count the Shapes Puzzle - Solution

The Puzzle:

Count the Shapes
How many triangles are there in this diagram?

Bonus question: How many quadrilaterals?

Our Solution:

64 Triangles.

Here is our count of triangles, did we get it right?
(Most counts are doubled due to symmetry.)


And there are also 36 Quadrilaterals.


Puzzle Author: Stephen Froggatt

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