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Ninety-Nine tried again. He flipped into 11 blocks wide and 9 blocks tall. "Same thing," whispered Thirty-Three (3x11). "Just turned around."

"Nifty!" shouted Four.

Ninety-Nine looked at his own blocks. Nine rows of eleven. Suddenly, he had an idea. He closed his eyes and concentrated. Instead of staying as a solid rectangle, he split his top row of eleven into 10 and 1. Then he shifted the 1 down. He took another row and did the same. numberblocks 99

"Think about it," said Ten, striding over. "I’m ten rows of one. But you? You are nine rows of eleven. Or eleven rows of nine. That’s not just a box. That’s a grid . A grid full of possibilities." Ninety-Nine tried again