What 2 square numbers subtract to make 248?

What two square numbers subtract to make 248? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 248. 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 = 248

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

33² - 29² = 248

33² is 1089 and 29² is 841, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 248?" is 1089 and 841 as illustrated below:

1089 - 841 = 248

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 248. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

3969 - 3721 = 248

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