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HTML

<div>
    <ul>
        <li>
            <div class="image"></div>
            <div class="num">1</div>
        </li>
        <li>
            <div class="image"></div>
            <div class="num">2</div>
        </li>
        <li>
            <div class="image"></div>
            <div class="num">3</div>
        </li>
        <li>
            <div class="image"></div>
            <div class="num">4</div>
        </li>
    </ul>
</div>

CSS

html, body {
    margin: 0;
    height: 100%;
}
div {
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    height: 100%;
    display: flex;
    overflow: auto;
    background-color:aqua;
}
ul {
    margin-top: auto;
    margin-bottom: auto;
    height: calc(70% + 0px);
    padding: 0;
    display: inline-flex;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    flex-direction: column;
    width: 100%;
    align-content: flex-start;
}
li {
    flex-basis: calc(100% / 3 - 2px);
    /* Subtract the border */
    color: firebrick;
    border: 1px solid firebrick;
    background-color: greenYellow;
    margin: 0px;
    list-style-type: none;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    background-size: contain;
    width: 200px;
    
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
}

.image {
    background-image: url("http://i.imgur.com/nswXRR4.jpg");
    background-size: contain;
    background-position: 50%, 50%;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    margin: 5px;
    /* height: 90%; */
    flex: 10 1 auto;
}

.num {
    flex: 1 1 auto;
}