Question

How to find if a number is a perfect square or not ?

Answer 1

number is a perfect square if given number is equal to the square of some natural number.

Using the prime factorization method we can find out if a given number is a perfect square or not.By this method you can accurately say whether a number is a perfect square or not. We will not guess the answer as we all know that there is penalty for every wrong answer.

Let us see how it is done in the below steps

Step 1: Find prime factors of the given number

Step 2: Group the factors in pairs

Step 3: After grouping if you find that
→No factor is left then the given number is a perfect square.
→Factor/Factors are left then the given number is not perfect square.