Wow!! Only such number!!!

What is the only four-digit perfect square number for which the first two digits are equal and last two digits are also equal?

This problem is copied from somewhere(I don't remember the place) where I found it many months ago.


The answer is 7744.

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The number should be of the form A A B B \overline{AABB} where A A and B B are digits and A 0 A\neq 0 .

It's clear from the divisibility test of 11 11 that

A A B B \overline{AABB} gives remainder 0 0 when divided by 11 11

So, it should be a square of any of the 2 2 -digit multiples of 11 11 greater than 22 22 ( 121 121 and 484 484 are 3 3 -digit numbers.)

Now, you can simply check it :

3 3 2 = 1089 33^2 = 1089

4 4 2 = 1936 44^2 = 1936

5 5 2 = 3025 55^2 = 3025

6 6 2 = 4356 66^2 = 4356

7 7 2 = 5929 77^2 = 5929

8 8 2 = 7744 88^2 =\boxed{7744}

9 9 2 = 9801 99^2 = 9801

Amazingly, there's only one such number!

@Vinayak Srivastava , I found your website: https://www.quora.com/Consider-all-four-digit-numbers-for-which-the-first-two-digits-are-equal-and-last-two-digits-are-also-equal-How-many-such-numbers-are-perfect-square

Good luck, mathematical ☄️!

That's exactly how I did it. That was a neat problem!

Sachetan Debray - 1 year ago

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Thanks for checking out my problem! By the way, your problems are also pretty nice! Thanks!

Vinayak Srivastava - 1 year ago

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If this goes on, we'll keep on thanking each other ad infinitum. But thanks anyway

Sachetan Debray - 1 year ago

By the way, I posted a new note on triangle construction. Check it out since it seems right up your alley(visualization and the like)

Sachetan Debray - 1 year ago

Let each of the first two digits be x x and each of the last two digits be y y . Then the number is 1100 x + 11 y = 11 ( 100 x + y ) = 3 3 2 × x + 11 ( x + y ) 1100x+11y=11(100x+y)=33^2\times x+11(x+y) .

Since 0 < x 9 0<x\leq 9 and 0 y 9 0\leq y\leq 9 , therefore 0 < x + y 18 0<x+y\leq 18 .

Since 100 x + y 100x+y and hence x + y x+y must be a multiple of 11 11 , therefore x + y = 11 100 x + y = 99 x + 11 = 11 ( 9 x + 1 ) 11 ( 100 x + y ) = 121 ( 9 x + 1 ) x+y=11\implies 100x+y=99x+11=11(9x+1)\implies 11(100x+y)=121(9x+1) .

So 9 x + 1 9x+1 must be a perfect square, say, a 2 a^2 . Then

x = ( a 1 ) ( a + 1 ) 9 x=\dfrac{(a-1)(a+1)}{9} .

Since both a 1 a-1 and a + 1 a+1 can't be multiples of 3 3 , a + 1 a+1 must be 9 9 (since x 9 x\leq 9 ). That is, a = 8 a=8 , and x = 7 y = 11 7 = 4 x=7\implies y=11-7=4 .

Hence the required number is 7744 \boxed {7744} .

Thanks for answering! Nice way!

Vinayak Srivastava - 1 year ago

All perfect squares are either divisible by 4 4 or leaves a remainder 1 1 when divided by 4 4

Let the number be A A B B AABB

Now B B BB is either divisible by 4 4 or leaves a remainder of 1 1 when divided by 4 4 . If you were to check, B B BB is either 33 , 44 , 77 33, 44, 77 or 88 88 . However, square numbers do not have unit digits as 3 , 7 , 3, 7, or 8 8 . Hence, B B BB is fixed as 44 44 .

Therefore, the numbers can be anything from 1144 , 2244 , 3344 , 4444 , 5544 , 6644 , 7744 , 8844 1144, 2244, 3344, 4444, 5544, 6644, 7744, 8844 or 9944 9944

Further, A A B B AABB is divisible by 11 11 ; therefore it should also be divisible by 1 1 2 11^2

It means the number is 121 × x 121 × x , where x x is a square number, which ends with 4 4 .

There are only two numbers possible, that is, 4 4 or 64 64 .

4 × 121 = 484 4 × 121 = 484 and 64 × 121 = 7744 64 × 121 = 7744

Therefore, the only number with the above mentioned property is 7744 \boxed {7744}

Thanks for answering! Nice!

Vinayak Srivastava - 1 year ago

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You haven't think about 00

A Former Brilliant Member - 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Let us see what can be last digit of a perfect square.It can be 0,1,4,5,6 or 9

Let us suppose number is aabb, then either this number should be divisible by 4 or leaves remainder as 1.

What can be the last two digits from first observation.

These are 00,11,44,55,66 and 99. But,only 44 and 00 follows the second rule.

let us take 00 as last two digit,then number will be aa00 which is equal to 1000 a+100 a+0 10+0=1100a which will not be perfect square for any digit a ( 100 11a)

So,our last option is 44 and number will be aa44 which will equal to 1000 a+100 a+40+4=1100a+44=44(25a+1) = 4*11(25a+1),therefore 25a+1 should be factor of 11 . 25a+1=22a+3a+1,since 22a is divisible by 11 so,we have make to 3a+1 divisible by 11 which will happen at a=7 So,our number comes out 7744.

check:-

7744=77*100+44=44(175+1)=44*176=44*44*4...so,its square root will be 88.

Thanks for sharing!

Vinayak Srivastava - 11 months, 2 weeks ago

How's it..

A Former Brilliant Member - 11 months, 2 weeks ago

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Nice solution!

Vinayak Srivastava - 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Thank you...........

A Former Brilliant Member - 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Mahdi Raza
May 28, 2020

88 2 = 7744 \boxed{88}^2 = 7744

Thanks for answering! Well done!

Vinayak Srivastava - 1 year ago

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