At first glance, the question seems incredibly simple:

Most people answer almost immediately without taking a closer look. That’s exactly what makes this brain teaser so effective. It isn’t testing your math skills—it’s testing your attention to detail.

Many guess 2, 4, or 6, but after carefully examining the picture, the correct answer is actually 8.

Let’s see why.

Why So Many People Get It Wrong

When we see a shirt, our brains automatically recognize its familiar shape.

Instead of carefully inspecting every opening, we tend to count only the obvious ones:

Neck opening
Two sleeves
Bottom opening
That gives four holes.

However, the illustration includes an extra surprise that many people overlook

count every opening

To solve the puzzle correctly, you need to identify every place where something could pass through the shirt.

Start with the standard openings:

1 neck hole
2 sleeve holes
1 opening at the bottom
That gives a total of 4.

Now look more closely at the damaged areas.

The shirt contains two visible tears.

Because the front and back of the shirt are both open, each tear creates two separate openings—one through the front layer and one through the back.

So the damaged sections add:

First tear = 2 holes
Second tear = 2 holes
That’s 4 additional openings.

The Correct Answer