Jack and Jill each have marble collections. The number in Jack's collection in a square number.
Jack says to Jill, "If you give me all your marbles I'll still have a square number." Jill replies, "Or, if you gave me the number in my collection you would still be left left with an even square."
What is the fewest number of marbles Jack could have?
(In reply to
re(4): Lost their marbles (full solution) by DJ)
DJ, if Ravi intended to mean PERFECT, Ravi would have said perfect. What's more, Ravi would have included the word 'perfect' (or 'even') in the OTHER two references to a square number in the problem.
Also, EVERY number is a square (of something :-)
The reason he wrote 'even' was to imply divisible by two.
Edited on November 3, 2003, 1:49 pm
re(5): Lost their marbles (full solution)
