Without doing any calculation, find the numbers which are surely perfe...
The perfect squares have 0,1,2,4,5,6 or 9 at their units place.
Therefore153,257 and 408 are surely not perfect squares.
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Without doing any calculation, find the numbers which are surely perfe...
Because this unit digit is 1 and 1 is
not match in 2'3'7'8 so 441 is perfect square
Without doing any calculation, find the numbers which are surely perfe...
Explanation:
A perfect square is a number which is obtained by multiplying two equal integers. For example, 9 is a perfect square because it is obtained by multiplying 3 and 3. Similarly, 16 is a perfect square because it is obtained by multiplying 4 and 4.
To determine if a number is a perfect square or not, we can use the following rules:
- If the last digit of a number is 2, 3, 7, or 8, then it is not a perfect square.
- If the sum of the digits of a number is divisible by 3, then the number is divisible by 3 and hence it may be a perfect square.
- If a number ends with a 5 or a 0, then it is divisible by 5 and hence it may be a perfect square.
- If a number is divisible by 4, then it may be a perfect square.
- If a number is divisible by 9, then it may be a perfect square.
Using these rules, we can determine that:
- Option A: 441 is a perfect square because it ends with a 1 and its digits add up to 9, which is divisible by 3.
- Option B: 408 is not a perfect square because it ends with an 8, which is not a valid digit for a perfect square.
- Option C: 15 is not a perfect square because it does not end with a 1, 4, 5, 6, or 9, and its digits do not add up to a multiple of 3.
- Option D: 257 is not a perfect square because it does not end with a valid digit for a perfect square and its digits do not add up to a multiple of 3.
Therefore, the only number which is surely a perfect square is option A: 441.