Fix | 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 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

Numberblock Ninety-Nine was nervous. He was a tall, two-digit block, colored a deep, thoughtful indigo with nine rows of eleven blocks, arranged as a perfect 9x11 rectangle. He watched as smaller blocks like Seven twirled into a hexagon, and Twelve bustled into three different rectangles (3x4, 2x6, and 1x12) in a flash. "Think about it," said Ten, striding over