What 2 square numbers subtract to make 228?

What two square numbers subtract to make 228? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 228. 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 = 228

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

22² - 16² = 228

22² is 484 and 16² is 256, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 228?" is 484 and 256 as illustrated below:

484 - 256 = 228

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 228. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

3364 - 3136 = 228

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