Straight squares

How many perfect squares are there between 1 and 1000 that are divisible by 3?


The answer is 10.

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2 solutions

Sabhrant Sachan
May 11, 2016

Number of perfect Squares Between n n and m m = ( m ) ( n ) 1 \lfloor(\sqrt{m})\rfloor-\lceil(\sqrt{n})\rceil-1 , if m and n are both perfect squares

Number of perfect Squares Between n n and m m = ( m ) ( n ) \lfloor(\sqrt{m})\rfloor-\lceil(\sqrt{n})\rceil , if m or n is/not a perfect square

Number of perfect Squares Between n n and m m = ( m ) ( n ) + 1 \lfloor(\sqrt{m})\rfloor-\lceil(\sqrt{n})\rceil+1 , if m and n are not perfect squares

Number of perfect Squares Between 1 and 1000 = ( 1000 ) = 31 \lfloor(\sqrt{1000})\rfloor\ = 31

Number of Perfect Squares Divisible by 3 = 31 3 = 10 \lfloor\dfrac{31}{3}\rfloor\ = 10

very good solution...+1

Ayush G Rai - 5 years, 1 month ago

This argument, while it leads to the correct answer in this case, is not quite correct. There are also 31 perfect squares between 8 and 1100, but 11 of them, not 10, are divisible by 3.

Denton Young - 4 years, 12 months ago
Finn C
May 20, 2016

All multiples of 3, when squared, are divisible by 3. Therefore, given that 32 squared > 1000, all the multiples of 3 from 1 - 32, when squared, is divisible by 3. The answer, therefore, is 10 .

gooood solution...+1

Ayush G Rai - 5 years ago

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