What 2 square numbers subtract to make 4187?

What two square numbers subtract to make 4187? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 4187. 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 = 4187

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

66² - 13² = 4187

66² is 4356 and 13² is 169, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 4187?" is 4356 and 169 as illustrated below:

4356 - 169 = 4187

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 4187. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

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