Square Roots

Wildfire

Force of Nature

Posers and Puzzles

14 Dec 05

Wildfire

Force of Nature

The Bathroom

Joined: 12 May 05
Moves: 31388

15 Dec 05

Originally posted by perihelion
Is it bread = 218514,
sqrt(bread) = 467.45481?

Correct! There is no addition or multiplication in the problem.

eldragonfly

leperchaun messiah

thru a glass onion

Joined: 19 Apr 03
Moves: 16870

15 Dec 05

Originally posted by Wildfire
Correct! There is no addition or multiplication in the problem.

That was clever i must admit.

PBE6

Bananarama

False berry

Joined: 14 Feb 04
Moves: 28719

15 Dec 05

Originally posted by Wildfire
Correct! There is no addition or multiplication in the problem.

My dead grandmother could come up with a better problem than that.

BigDogg

Secret RHP coder

on the payroll

Joined: 26 Nov 04
Moves: 155080

15 Dec 05

Originally posted by PBE6
My dead grandmother could come up with a better problem than that.

Agreed. My sympathies to those who wasted time on it.

perihelion

Joined: 12 Aug 05
Moves: 2866

15 Dec 05

Originally posted by PBE6
My dead grandmother could come up with a better problem than that.

You know, you're right. The square root of grandmother is a whopping 267976568.59

iamatiger

Joined: 26 Apr 03
Moves: 26771

15 Dec 05

first one to find an english word (3 or more letters) with an integer square root wins!

Bowmann

Non-Subscriber

RHP IQ

Joined: 17 Mar 05
Moves: 1345

15 Dec 05

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Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
Agreed. My sympathies to those who wasted time on it.

I have no sympathy. No sympathy at all.

And what do you know about his dead grandmother?

BigDogg

Secret RHP coder

on the payroll

Joined: 26 Nov 04
Moves: 155080

15 Dec 05

Originally posted by Bowmann
I have no sympathy. No sympathy at all.

And what do you know about his dead grandmother?

She was quite the problemist in her day. Compared to this crap, she's Sam Loyd. 😀

The Plumber

Leak-Proof

under the sink

Joined: 08 Aug 04
Moves: 12493

15 Dec 05

Originally posted by iamatiger
first one to find an english word (3 or more letters) with an integer square root wins!

add

eldragonfly

leperchaun messiah

thru a glass onion

Joined: 19 Apr 03
Moves: 16870

15 Dec 05

Originally posted by iamatiger
first one to find an english word (3 or more letters) with an integer square root wins!

that

iamatiger

Joined: 26 Apr 03
Moves: 26771

15 Dec 05

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Originally posted by The Plumber
add

Well done plumber! I am still searching for a larger one (number or word length), if one exists then it is not easy to find!

iamatiger

Joined: 26 Apr 03
Moves: 26771

15 Dec 05

Originally posted by eldragonfly
that

? sqrt(208120) = 456.2017098

Bowmann

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RHP IQ

Joined: 17 Mar 05
Moves: 1345

16 Dec 05

pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism

Maybe. I'll let someone else check it.

eldragonfly

leperchaun messiah

thru a glass onion

Joined: 19 Apr 03
Moves: 16870

16 Dec 05

Originally posted by iamatiger
? sqrt(208120) = 456.2017098

No i did it my way.

The Plumber

Leak-Proof

under the sink

Joined: 08 Aug 04
Moves: 12493

16 Dec 05

Originally posted by iamatiger
Well done plumber! I am still searching for a larger one (number or word length), if one exists then it is not easy to find!

You're right about that. Took about 30 minutes, but I found a common everyday 4-letter word: have

Along the way, I found: pi, ave (as in ave maria - yeah, it's a stretch), up, and mix.