An easy math problem

The square of a number is equivalent to that number plus itself, plus itself, plus itself, plus itself. What is the number?

Originally posted by prosoccer
The square of a number is equivalent to that number plus itself, plus itself, plus itself, plus itself. What is the number?

Originally posted by rheymans
The number could be 5 or 0.

Originally posted by prosoccer
The square of a number is equivalent to that number plus itself, plus itself, plus itself, plus itself. What is the number?

Originally posted by TheMaster37
x*x = 5*x

Above are the only solutions to this equation 🙂