SOLUTION: Find the smallest number which must be added to 256000 to make it a perfect square.

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Question 1088366: Find the smallest number which must be added to 256000 to make it a perfect square.
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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36.

Solution 

sqrt%28256000%29 = 505.96 (approx.)


The nearest greater integer is 506, and 506%5E2 = 256036.

Solved.