Dont need square roots

Suppose you are given the following numbers (A)2951531584, (B)545502736, (C)3088138, (D)466527, (E)90000, (F)46656,

Which of these can you guarantee to not be a perfect square given 4 of them are perfect squares

E C B D,C A,F F A None of these

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Natalia Dcruz
Feb 15, 2018

D and C. Perfect squares can never have unit digit 2,3,7 or 8. (In case of perfect cubes, the digital root of the number will be 1, 9 or 8) .

You still need to prove that A,B,E,F are perfect squares.

Pi Han Goh - 3 years, 3 months ago

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I should re-frame the question......

Natalia Dcruz - 3 years, 3 months ago

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