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SQUARES AND SQUARE ROOTS MCQs

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Question 21.


Find the square of 39.


  1.     78
  2.     1500
  3.     1521
  4.     1530
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1521
:
C

The number 39 ends with 9.And 92=81 which ends with 1.Hence, 392 should have 1 in the units place.


We can observe from options that only 1521 satisfies this.Hence 1521 is the answer.
Alternatively, 39 should be multiplied with 39 to obtain the square.


So, 39×39=1521.


Question 22.


Which among the following are Pythagorean triplets?


  1.     15, 8, 17
  2.     3, 4, 5
  3.     12, 16, 20
  4.     1, 1, 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 12, 16, 20
:
A, B, and C

Pythagorean triplets are set of three positive integers a, b, c such that, a2+b2=c2.
152+82=225+64=289=172.Hence, the numbers 15, 8 and 17 form a Pythagorean triplet.
32+42=9+16=25=52.Hence, the numbers 3, 4 and 5 form a Pythagorean triplet.
122+162=144+256=400=202Hence, the numbers 12, 16 and 20form a Pythagorean triplet.
11+11=1+1=222Hence, the numbers 1, 1 and 2does not form a Pythagorean triplet.


Question 23.


Find the square of 42.


  1.     84
  2.     1700
  3.     1764
  4.     1889
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1764
:
C

The square of 42 should have 4 in the unit place (since the square of 2 is 4). 84 is too small to be square of 42. So, option 3 is correct.
Alternatively, 42 can be multiplied with itself to give the result.


Question 24.


Aman has 729 coins. He gives only a part of these coins to his cousin as his birthday gift. This part is the square root of 729. How many coins did his cousin get?


  1.     27
  2.     9
  3.     12
  4.     81
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 27
:
A

The square root of 729 should have 3 or 7 in its unit place. Because square of 3 and 7 has 9 in it's units place. Only 27 satisfies this.
Thus, Aman's cousin gets 27 coins as a birthday gift.
Also, we can find the square root using prime factorization as
729=3×3×3×3×3×3
729=36
Square root of 729 is equal to
729=36=33=27
 


Question 25.


If 2=1.4142, then the square of 14.142 should approximately be?


  1.     20
  2.     200
  3.     2000
  4.     2500
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 200
:
B

2=1.4142 (Given)
Multiply both sides by 10


10×2=14.142


100×2=14.142


Squaring both sides, we get the square of 14.142  to be approximately equal to 200.


Question 26.


In general, if a natural number m can be expressed as n2, where n is also a natural number, then m is a __________.


  1.     perfect square
  2.     perfect  cube
  3.     perfect number
  4.     irrational number
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> perfect square
:
A

If m can be expressed as n2, where n is a natural number then, m is called a perfect square. 


Question 27.


If a number has 2 or 8 in the unit’s place, then its square ends in


___.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> perfect square
:

22 and 82 always have 4 in the units place. Also, we can see that square of 2 and square of 8 results in 4 and 64 respectively which have 4 in the unit's place.


Question 28.


Akanksha was asked to multiply a number by its successor. But she was careless and multiplied the number with itself. When she rechecked, she found the error and added the original number to the final result. The result is ___(less/more/equal to) the actual correct answer.


 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> perfect square
:

Let us express what Akanksha had to do and what she had done, mathematically.
To start with, let us start with assuming the number chosen by Akanksha as n.
What Akanksha had to do:
n(n+1)=n2+n
What Akanksha had done:
n×n+n=n2+n, which is the same as before.   


Question 29.


Numbers like 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ... are known as ________.


  1.     Perfect cubes
  2.     Perfect squares
  3.     Irrational Numbers
  4.     Decimals
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Perfect squares
:
B

When an integer is multiplied by itself, it results in a perfect square.
When we square integers like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ..., we obtain 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ... .
Hence, the given numbers which are obtained by squaring the integers are known as perfect squares.


Question 30.


((x2)2)2 = (x3)3


  1.     True
  2.     False
  3.     perfect number
  4.     irrational number
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> False
:
B

((x2)2)2=x8 and (x3)3=x9​ 
As we can see the square of a square of a square has a total power of 8 whereas the cube of a cube has a total power of 9. Thus, they are not equal.


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