- #1
Kyoma
- 97
- 0
I know this may sound dumb, but is zero and one perfect squares? I have no idea.
MOG_Manuel said:I guess it's a language barrier problem, a perfect square is a number that can be rooted into an integer, i.e., it's the square of an integer.
0 and 1 are perfect squares, yes.
No, 0 is not considered a perfect square because it does not have a positive integer as its square root. The square root of 0 is 0, which is not a positive integer.
Yes, 1 is considered a perfect square because it has a positive integer as its square root. The square root of 1 is 1, which is a positive integer.
In order for a number to be considered a perfect square, it must have a positive integer as its square root. Since the square root of 0 is 0, which is not a positive integer, 0 is not considered a perfect square.
No, not all numbers can be considered perfect squares. A number must have a positive integer as its square root in order to be considered a perfect square. Numbers like 2, 3, 5, and 7 are not perfect squares because their square roots are not integers.
A perfect square is a number that has a rational number as its square root, while a square number is any number that can be squared to give a whole number as a result. While all perfect squares are square numbers, not all square numbers are perfect squares. For example, 9 is a perfect square because its square root is 3, but 8 is a square number because it can be squared to give the whole number 64, but it is not a perfect square because its square root is not a rational number.