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Originally posted by perihelion
Is it bread = 218514,
sqrt(bread) = 467.45481?
Correct! There is no addition or multiplication in the problem.

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Originally posted by Wildfire
Correct! There is no addition or multiplication in the problem.
That was clever i must admit.

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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.

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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.

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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

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

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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?

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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. 😀

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

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Originally posted by The Plumber
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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!

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Originally posted by eldragonfly
that
? sqrt(208120)= 456.2017098

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pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism

Maybe. I'll let someone else check it.

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Originally posted by iamatiger
? sqrt(208120)= 456.2017098
No i did it my way.

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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.