Think carefully! Over 75% of people get this one wrong
At first glance, this puzzle appears simple. Most people focus only on the large design and quickly answer 13 circles. However, the question asks how many circles appear “in this image,” which suggests that the words below the drawing should also be counted.
Counting the Main Drawing
The central design contains:
- 1 large outer circle
- 4 medium circles
- 8 small circles—two inside each medium circle
That gives us:
1 + 4 + 8 = 13 circles
This is the answer most people notice immediately—but the puzzle may not stop there.
Finding the Hidden Circles in the Sentence
The sentence reads:
“How many circles do you see in this image?”
There are three round letter “o” shapes:
- “How”
- “do”
- “you”
There are also four circular dots above the letter “i”:
- “circles”
- “in”
- “this”
- “image”
Finally, the dot below the question mark can also be counted as a small circle.
That adds:
3 letter o’s + 4 dots above i’s + 1 question-mark dot = 8 additional circles
The Final Calculation
13 circles in the drawing + 8 circles in the text = 21 circles
Therefore, the puzzle’s most likely intended answer is 21 circles.
However, there is an important detail: the puzzle does not clearly explain whether round letters and punctuation marks should count as circles. Under a strict geometric interpretation, the answer would be 13. But because the question refers to the entire image, 21 is the more complete and clever answer.
