What is the smallest perfect square that is greater than 50?
Category: Math · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Consider the square of consecutive integers.
Answer
64
Explanation
7^2 = 49, and 8^2 = 64, which is the smallest perfect square greater than 50.
This is a expert math riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is 64.
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