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Write Five Numbers for Which You Cannot Decide Whether They Are Squares. - Mathematics

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Question

Write five numbers for which you cannot decide whether they are squares. 

Solution

A number whose unit digit is 2, 3, 7 or 8 cannot be a perfect square.
On the other hand, a number whose unit digit is 1, 4, 5, 6, 9 or 0 might be a perfect square (although we will have to verify whether it is a perfect square or not).
Applying the above two conditions, we cannot quickly decide whether the following numbers are squares of any numbers:
1111, 1444, 1555, 1666, 1999

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Chapter 3: Squares and Square Roots - Exercise 3.2 [Page 20]

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RD Sharma Mathematics [English] Class 8
Chapter 3 Squares and Square Roots
Exercise 3.2 | Q 13 | Page 20

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