Question

Omar is thinking of a cube number and a square number, both less than 50. The difference is 2. Which square and cube numbers is he thinking of?

Answer 1

25 and 27

Explanation:

the only cube number less than 50 is 27 , that is 3³

the square numbers less than 50 ate

49 → 7²

36 → 6²

25 → 5²

16 → 4²

9 → 3²

4 → 2²

1 → 1²

the only square number that differs fro 27 by 2 is 25

square number is 25 and cube number is 27