SOLUTION: Find the least whole number that must be added 1122 to get the perfect square number.

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Question 1191297: Find the least whole number that must be added 1122 to get the perfect square number.
Found 2 solutions by greenestamps, ikleyn:
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source):
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Perfect squares close to 1122:

33^2=1089
34^2=1156

Do some simple arithmetic to find the answer to the question.

Answer by ikleyn(52786) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Find the least whole number that must be added 1122 to get the perfect square number.
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Nothing is easier than it.

= 33.49627... It means that the closest perfect square to the number 1122, greater tnan 1122, is = 1156. Hence, the least whole number that must be added to 1122 to get the perfect square number is 1156-1122 = 34.

Solved.