1. Draw a circle, bisected through the middle.
2. Use a protractor and draw segments each with an angle of 15 degrees. This will give 24 divisions around the perimeter.
3. Ist Circle of Squares: Measure the size of two segments from A to B as a straight line with dividers or a ruler, and using this measurement as the diagonal of a square, construct a square. Draw 12 squares around the perimeter of the circle.
4. 2nd Circle of squares: Measure from the bottom corners of two adjacent squares from C to D with dividers or a ruler, and using this measurement as the diagonal of a square, construct a square that fits between the first circle of squares. Draw 12 squares in the 2nd circle.
5. 3rd Circle of squares: Measure E to F and continue as above. Repeat the process.
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