Wednesday 20 July 2011

Squaring Numbers ending in 2

Squaring Numbers ending in 2
To square the numbers ending in 2 like 12, 22,32, 42 .upto 92. there is an easy method let me explain with an example.

1st example 122

step 1 : Split the 2 digits of the number and square each digit to make the ones' place and 100th place respectively of the square
12=1
22=4
step 2 : multiply the tens digit of the number to be squared to 4 and it will be the tens digit of the square
here 1x4 =4
1 4 +
  4
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144
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so the square of 12 is 144.

2nd example 422
step 1 : Split the 2 digits of the number and square each digit to make the ones' place and 100th place respectively of the square
42=16
22=4
step 2 : multiply the tens digit of the number to be squared to 4 and it will be the tens digit of the square
here 4x4 =16
16  4+
  16
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1764
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so 422=1764

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