
#68 Another 2025 puzzle
Set by Peter Rowlett
The square root of 2025 is 45. The divisors of 45 (apart from 45 itself) are 1, 3, 5, 9 and 15. The product of these numbers is 2025.
The last year that was a square number was 1936. Does 1936 also have this property?
What is the smallest square number with this property? Does it work for all square numbers?
Solution next week
#67 Pandigital sums
Solution
There are four solutions to ABCD + EF = GHIJ where GHIJ = 2034. 1956 + 78, 1958 + 76, 1976 + 58 and 1978 + 56 all work.
There are 16 solutions to ABC + DEF = GHIJ where GHIJ = 1089.
The solution to ABC + DEF = GHIJ with A < B < C < D < E < F is 246 + 789 = 1035.
Quick quiz #297
set by Corryn Wetzel
1 Titan is a moon of which planet?
2 What are the offspring of hedgehogs called?
3 What chemical compound is responsible for the red colour of beetroot?
4 Which physicist first proposed the idea of a wave-particle duality of matter?
5 Which of these metals can melt in the warmth of your hand: gallium, tin, sodium or bismuth?
Quick quiz #297
Answers
1 Saturn
2 Hoglets
3 Betalain
4 Louis de Broglie
5 Gallium