A gardener has 1000 plants. He wants to plant these in such a way that the numberof rows and the number of columns remain same. Find the minimum number of plants he needs more for this


It is mentioned in the question that the gardener has 1000 plants.

And,


The number of rows and the number of columns is the same


We need to find the number of more plants that should be there, such that when the gardener plants them, the number of rows and columns are equal to one another.


For this, the number which should be added to 1000 to make it a perfect square has to be calculated


The square root of 1000 can be calculated by long division method as follows:



31



3



1̅0̅ 0̅0̅



61



100


61




39



The remainder is 39. It represents that the square of 31 is less than 1000


The next number is 32 and 322 = 1024


Hence, number to be added to 1000 to make it a perfect square


= 322 - 1000


= 1024 - 1000


= 24


Thus, the required number of plants is 24.


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