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OpenStudy (anonymous):

explain a perfect square

OpenStudy (vlery):

a perfect square has no left overs for example 16 is a perfect square because it gives you an even 4 with nothing left over

TheSmartOne (thesmartone):

Welcome to Open Study. A perfect square is a rational number that is equal to the square of another rational number.

TheSmartOne (thesmartone):

For example 25 is a perfect square because it is 5 times 5.

TheSmartOne (thesmartone):

Here is a list of perfect squares: 1,4,9,16,25,36,49,64,81,100,121,144,169,196,225, etc

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Why is 10 not a perfect square??

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You can do 2x5

OpenStudy (vlery):

because if you take the square root of it you get 3.16227766 which is not a perfect square perfect squares have to have 2 numbers that would multiply together that don't have decimals ex 4*4=16

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