How many perfect squares are there from the following list of numbers?
3 6 4 8 2 9 3 6 2 8 1 9 2 1 4
2 6 1 8 3 6 1 6 2 8 3 2 8 1 7 1
1 7 2 8 3 9 2 6 2 8 3 6 1 8 2 6 6
1 7 2 8 2 6 2 6 1 5 1 7 1 5 2 1 9
1 7 2 7 3 6 3 7 3 8 2 7 2 7 1 7 3 1
Challenge: Do not use a calculator!
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great i did the same way......
Get the digital root of the number by adding all its digits, if the number exceeds 9, add the digits again until you reach the single unit number. A perfect square has digital roots of 1, 4, 7 or 9.
Same way!!
what does it means..? Could you explain to me..please.. @Precious Prestosa
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do you mean digital root? The digital root of a non-negative integer is the value obtained by an iterative process of summing digits, on each iteration using the result from the previous iteration to compute a digit sum(wiki)
yeah did the same!
1) Any square number which has 6 as last digit will have odd number as its penultimate digit.
2) Any square number that doesnt have 6 as its last digit has an Even number as its penultimate digit.
A longer way wd be to calculate the digital root since squares have only 1 4 7 9 as their digital roots.
Excellent .
Hats off. Thats the advantage of scrolling down solutions.
ehh,but wait how about 56,76,96 and the other. they last digit is 6,his penultimate digit is odd but they are not square number. i think that your statement is only implikasi and not bi implikasi. this statement only provided that Any square number which has 6 as last digit will have odd number as its penultimate digit but not provided that Any number which has 6 as last digit and have odd number as its penultimate digit is square number.so you cant do this problem by this methode,thanks :) also the same way to statement 2
I don't understand...could you explain..?
What is digital root?
Yes, this! nice solution!
every perfect square is in form of 4p or 4p+1......
Therefore these numbers must be divisible by 4 or leave remainder 1 when divided.......
Since no one follows therefore 0 is the answer
Every perfect square is of the form 4k+1....and....4k+0.....observe that the numbers given are not according to the above form....hence,NO number is a perfect square....
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All positive integers can be written in the form of 2 k and 2 k + 1 , when k is a positive integer.
Then ( 2 k ) 2 = 4 k 2 ≡ 0 ( m o d 4 )
Then ( 2 k + 1 ) 2 = 4 ( k 2 + k ) + 1 ≡ 1 ( m o d 4 )
Thus, let a be a positive integer,
a 2 ≡ 0 , 1 ( m o d 4 )
3 6 4 8 2 9 3 6 2 8 1 9 2 1 4 ≡ 2 ( m o d 4 )
2 6 1 8 3 6 1 6 2 8 3 2 8 1 7 1 ≡ 3 ( m o d 4 )
1 7 2 8 3 9 2 6 2 8 3 6 1 8 2 6 6 ≡ 2 ( m o d 4 )
1 7 2 8 2 6 2 6 1 5 1 7 1 5 2 1 9 ≡ 3 ( m o d 4 )
1 7 2 7 3 6 3 7 3 8 2 7 2 7 1 7 3 1 ≡ 3 ( m o d 4 )
Thus all number cannot be a perfect square.