1. Show that the following numbers are perfect squares:
(a) 2304
Solution:
Let's find the square root of 2304:
Starting from the right, we group the numbers into pairs of two. So 2304 becomes (23, 04).
We find the largest square less than or equal to the first group, 23. This square is $4^2 = 16$. We subtract this from 23 to get a remainder of 7.
We then bring down the next group of numbers, 04, to get 704. The next digit in the square root will be 8, because $48 \times 8 = 384$ which is less than 704. Subtracting this from 704 gives a remainder of 320.
Since we don't have any more groups of numbers to bring down, we can say that $\sqrt{2304} = 48$, which means that 2304 is indeed a perfect square.
(b) 3025
Solution:
Following the same process as above, we find that the square root of 3025 is 55, hence it's a perfect square.
2. Find the smallest number by which 1008 should be multiplied to make it a perfect square:
Solution:
We factorize 1008 as $2^4 \times 3^2 \times 7$. We see that 7 is missing a pair to become a perfect square. Therefore, the smallest number 1008 should be multiplied by is 7.
3. Express the following as the sum of two consecutive integers:
(a) $21^2$
Solution:
$21^2 = 441 = 220 + 221$, so $21^2$ can be expressed as the sum of two consecutive integers 220 and 221.
(b) $19^2$
Solution:
$19^2 = 361 = 180 + 181$, so $19^2$ can be expressed as the sum of two consecutive integers 180 and 181.
4. Write a Pythagorean triplet whose one number is 80:
Solution:
A Pythagorean triplet follows the pattern $(m^2 - n^2, 2mn, m^2 + n^2)$ where $m > n > 0$. If we choose $m = 9$ and $n = 1$, we get the triplet (80, 18, 82).
5. Express 324 as the sum of 18 odd numbers:
Solution:
The average of these 18 odd numbers must be an integer. Hence $324 / 18 = 18$ is the middle odd number. So the 18 odd numbers are the 9 odd numbers before 18, 18 itself, and the 8 odd numbers after 18: (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35).
6. Without calculating, find the number of digits in the square root of 368645:
Solution:
We can express 368645 as $3.68645 \times 10^5$. The square root of $10^5$ is $10^{5/2} = 10^2.5$. Since this is between $10^2$ and $10^3$, the square root of 368645 must have 3 integer digits.