Squares and Square Roots

Question

Find whether each of the following numbers is a perfect square or not?

(i) 121 (ii) 55 (iii) 81

(iv) 49 (v) 69

Answer

(i) 121

∵ 
          121 - 1 = 120                                       85-13 = 72
             120 - 3 = 117                                       72 - 15 = 57
             117 - 5 = 112                                       54 - 17 = 40
             112 - 7 = 105                                       40 - 19 = 21
             105 - 9 = 96                                         21 - 21 = 0
              96 - 11 = 85 
i.e. 121 = 1+3+5+7+9+11+13+15+17+19+21. Thus , 121 is a perfact square.
(ii) 55

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55 - 1 = 54                                    30 - 11 = 19
             54 - 3 = 51                                    19 - 13 = 6
             51 - 5 = 46                                     6 - 15 = -9
             46 - 7 = 39
             39 - 9 = 30
Since, 55 cannot be expressed as the sum of successive old numbers starting from 1.

  55 is not a perfact square.
(iii)    81
      Since,           81 - 1 = 80                            56 - 11 = 45
                         80 - 3 = 77                            45 - 13 = 32
                         77 - 5 = 72                            32 - 15 = 17
                         72 - 7 = 65                            17 - 17 = 0
                          65 - 9 =56

81 = 1+3+5+7+9+11+13+15+17
Thus,  81 is a perfact square.

(iv)      49
       Since,             49 - 1 = 48
                            48 - 3 = 45
                            45 - 5 = 40
                            40 - 7 = 33
                            33 - 9 = 24
                            24 - 11 = 13
                            13 -  13 = 0
      

49 = 1+3+5+7+9+11+13
Thus, 69  is not a perfact square.

(v) 69 
Since,         69 - 1 = 68                                 44 - 11 = 33
                 68 - 3 = 65                                 33 - 13 = 20
                 65 - 5 = 60                                 20 - 15 = 5
                 60 - 7 = 53                                 5 - 17 = 12
                 53 - 9 = 44

   69 cannot be expressed as the sum of consecutive odd num numbers starting fron 1. Thus, 69 is not a perfect square.

 

 

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