: What is the square root?
The integer of which the square root is to be taken is a square, is 8 digit in length and is base 10.
The manual method described at The Manual Method for Taking the Square Root of a Number is the methodology to be used in this problem.
The number of digits in the subtrahends are 1, 2, 4 and 5. Since the original number is a perfect square, the result of the last subtraction is 0.
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Since the first subtrahend consists of 1 digit, yet is being subtracted from a 2 digit number, we deduce that the first digit of the square root is 3 . Since the second subtrahend consists of 2 digits, and must be of the form ( 6 0 + b ) b for some digit b , we deduce that the second digit b of the square root must be 1 , and also that the first two digits of the square must be 1 0 .
Since the 1 0 s digit of the final subtrahend is 3 , this means that the 1 0 s digit of the square must be 3 . This means that the last two digits of the square must be 3 6 , and that the last two digits of the square root must be one of 0 6 , 4 4 , 5 6 or 9 4 . Since 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 3 1 6 2 . 2 7 7 8 6 , the third digit of the square root must be at least 6 , to ensure that the square is an 8 -digit number. Thus there is only one possible option for the square root, namely 3 1 9 4 , and 3 1 9 4 2 = 1 0 2 0 1 6 3 6 :
3 6 1 6 2 9 6 3 8 3 1 0 9 1 1 2 0 2 0 6 1 5 9 5 6 2 2 9 1 6 1 6 6 1 5 5 5 5 4 3 6 3 6 3 6 0