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444...444 (Posted on 2019-08-02) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Find the smallest perfect square whose decimal representation begins and ends with three 4's.

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solution | Comment 1 of 6
let the number between the 4's be x and have d digits
then we have
444*10^(d+3)+1000x+444=n^2
where n is a positive integer
solving for x we get
x=(n^2-444-444*10^(d+3))/1000
now in order for x to be an integer we need
n^2=444 mod 1000
taking modular square root we get
n=538 mod 1000
we also have that
10^(d-1)<=x<10^d
10^(d-1)<=(n^2-444-444*10^(d+3))/1000<10^d
10^(d+2)<=n^2-444-444*10^(d+3)<10^(d+3)
444+444*10^(d+3)+10^(d+2)<=n^2<=444+445*10^(d+3)

so we need to find the smallest d which given the range above on n, allows for a value
of n which is 538 mod 1000

this first happens at d=6
giving n=666538
n^2=444272905444

  Posted by Daniel on 2019-08-02 07:22:35
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