I am the product of my kin, yet I can never be negative. What do you call me when I take a number and square it?
Category: Math · Difficulty: expert
Hint: I am the result of multiplying a number by itself.
Answer
Square number
Explanation
Square numbers are the result of squaring a number, thus they are always non-negative since multiplying two positive or two negative numbers yields a positive result.
This is a expert math riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is Square number.
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