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BrainTwister #68: Another 2025 puzzle

#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