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Any square number can be written as a sum of successive ________ .

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even numbers
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odd numbers
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square numbers
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prime numbers
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Solution

The correct option is B odd numbers
Any square number can be written as a sum of successive odds.

Ex:
4 = 1+3
9 = 1+3+5
16 = 1+3+5+7
25 = 1+3+5+7+9

We can clearly observe that 1,3,5,7....... are all successive odd numbers and their successive sum starting from 1 results in a square number.

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