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Grade 12th pass8 grade maths

Without doing any calculation, find the numbers which are surely not perfect squares ii. 257 iii. 408 iv. 441

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5 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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5 Years ago
Dear Student

We know that natural numbers ending with the digits 0, 2, 3, 7 and 8 are not perfect square.



ii. 257⟹ Ends with 7 ∴, 257 is not a perfect square

iii. 408⟹ Ends with 8 ∴, 408 is not a perfect square

​iv. 441⟹ Ends with 1 ∴, 441 is a perfect square.

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