Question

A gardener has 1300 saplings. He wants to plant these in such a way that the number of columns and the number of rows remain same. Find the least number of more saplings he needs for this.

Answer 1

69

Explanation:

Square root of 1300= 36

(37)²>1300>(36)²

Therefore , the requirement no. to be added to get a perfect square

=(37)²=1369

= 1369- 1300=69

The least no. Of sapling he needs for this = 69