What 2 square numbers subtract to make 485?

What two square numbers subtract to make 485? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 485. 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 = 485

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

51² - 46² = 485

51² is 2601 and 46² is 2116, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 485?" is 2601 and 2116 as illustrated below:

2601 - 2116 = 485

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 485. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

59049 - 58564 = 485

What Two Square Numbers Subtract To Make Calculator
Enter another number here to find what two square numbers subtract to make that number.

What 2 square numbers subtract to make 486?
Go here for the next problem on our list.