What 2 square numbers subtract to make 1216?

What two square numbers subtract to make 1216? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 1216. What are the two square numbers?

First, note that a square number is what you get when you multiply a number by itself, which means that the square root of a square number will equal a whole number. Thus, this is what we are solving:

A² - B² = 1216

We solved the equation above and found this to be true:

35² - 3² = 1216

35² is 1225 and 3² is 9, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 1216?" is 1225 and 9 as illustrated below:

1225 - 9 = 1216

Note that there may be more than one solution to a problem like this. Above, we found the lowest combination of square numbers that subtract to 1216. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

2116 - 900 = 1216
6400 - 5184 = 1216
23716 - 22500 = 1216

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