Question

what number should be substracted from 16462 to get the perfect square also,find its square root?

Answer 1

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When we find the square root of 1642 by long division method we get 40 as quotient and 462 as remainder. It shows that 40^2 is less than 16462 by 462.

this means if we subtract the remainder from 16000 we get a perfect square number. Therefore the required number is

16462-16000= 462

square root of 16000 is 40.