Question

How do you find a perfect square close to 26?

Answer 1

Go through the perfect squares until you get one that is greater than 26. So `26` will be between two perfect squares. Choose the closer one.

Explanation:

A perfect square is the square of a whole number, so go through the squares is onder:

`1^2 = 1`
`2^2 = 2`
`3^2 = 9`
`4^2 = 16`
`5^2 = 25`
`6^2 = 36`

`26` is between `25` and `36`. It is closer to `25`.