Is 36 a perfect square?

1 Answer
Jul 23, 2015

Yes. #36=6^2#

Explanation:

Perfect squares are natural numbers #m# such that there is another natural number #n# with the property that #n^2=m#.

The first twenty perfect squares are:

#1^2=1#, #2^2=4#, #3^2=9#, #4^2=16#, #5^2=25#, #6^2=36#, #7^2=49#, #8^2=64#, #9^2=81#, #10^2=100#, #11^2=121#, #12^2=144#, #13^2=169#, #14^2=196#, #15^2=225#, #16^2=256#, #17^2=289#, #18^2=324#, #19^2=361#, and #20^2=400#.