In a certain square grid, you remove one square and are left with an area of 48. What was the area of the original grid?
Category: Math · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Use the formula for the area of a square.
Answer
49
Explanation
If one square was removed, the total area must have been 49 (7x7).
This is a expert math riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is 49.
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