Well done to Billie-Jo (Tattingstone School, UK), Rowena , Charlote and Ross (Stockton) and Timothy , Vincent and Kenneth (Catholic High School, Singapore) for correct solutions. Four particularly well presented graphic solutions came from Chris , Michael (and name missing) from Crofton Junior School, and Daniel (Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore). This one comes from Rayner (Tao Nan School, Singapore)
Five rows this way Five rows this way and two more this way

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5 + 5 + 2 = 12 rows


Of course there are others to consider.

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