536 Puzzles and Curious Problems

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is the square of 312. The next lowest answer is the five cubes of 25,26, 27,28,
and 29, which together equa1315^2 •



  1. TWO CUBES


The cube of 7 is 343, and the cube of 8 is 512; the difference, 169, is
the square of 13.


  1. CUBE DIFFERENCES


The cube of 642 is 264,609,288, and the cube of 641 is 263,374,721, the dif-
ference being 1,234,567, as required.


  1. ACCOMMODATING SQUARES


The number is 225,625 (the squares of 15 and 25), making the square of 475.


  1. MAKING SQUARES


An answer is as follows: 482, 3,362, 6,242, which have a common difference
of 2,880. The first and second numbers sum to 622 , the first and third to 822 ,
and the second and third to 982 •



  1. FIND THE SQUARES


If you add 125 to 100 and also to 164, you get two square numbers, 225 and
289, the squares of 15 and 17 respectively.


  1. FORMING SQUARES


The officer must have had 1,975 men. When he formed a square 44 X 44 he
would have 39 men over, and when he attempted to form a square 45 X 45
he would be 50 men short.


  1. SQUARES AND CUBES


If we make one number 625m^6 , and the other number double the first, we
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