Question

A Gardener has 6203 plants. He wants to plant this in such a way that the number of rows and the number of columns remain the same. Help the Gardner to find the minimum number of plants he needs more for this.

Answer 1

Answer:

78 rows and 78 columns

Step-by-step explanation:

Take the square root of a number closest to 6203

Answer 2

since the number of rows and the number of columns should remain same the total no. of

plants should be a no. that is a perfect square

6203 is not a perfect square so we find a number close to 6203 which is a perfect square i.e 6241

√6241 = 79 x 79

79 rows and 79 column

so he needs (6241 - 6203) extra plants i.e 38 extra plants