What 2 square numbers subtract to make 3168?

What two square numbers subtract to make 3168? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 3168. 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 = 3168

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

57² - 9² = 3168

57² is 3249 and 9² is 81, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 3168?" is 3249 and 81 as illustrated below:

3249 - 81 = 3168

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 3168. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

3364 - 196 = 3168
3844 - 676 = 3168
6084 - 2916 = 3168

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