Question

a quilter wants to use as many of his 65 small fabric squares as possible to make one large square quilt .

A- how many small squares can the quilter use ?

B- how many small squares would he ahve left ?

C- how many more squares would the quilter need to make the next largest possible square quilt ?


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please explain :)

Answer 1

The largest square that can be made with what is available would use 8 x 8 = 64 squares. There would be one left over. The next larger size would be 9x9 = 81 squares, and your require 16 more.