Wednesday 20 July 2011

Squaring Numbers ending in 3

Squaring Numbers ending in 3
To square the numbers ending in 3like 13, 23,33, 43..upto 93. there is an easy method let me explain with an example.

1st example 132

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
32=9
step 2 : multiply the tens digit of the number to be squared to 6 and it will be the tens digit of the square
here 1x4 =4
1 9
 6
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169
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so the square of 13 is 169.

2nd example 432
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
32=9
step 2 : multiply the tens digit of the number to be squared to 6 and it will be the tens digit of the square
here 4x6 =24
16  9
  24
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1849
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so 432=1849

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