What 2 square numbers subtract to make 900?

What two square numbers subtract to make 900? In other words, when you subtract one square number from another square number, the answer is 900. 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 = 900

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

34² - 16² = 900

34² is 1156 and 16² is 256, therefore the answer to the question "What 2 square numbers subtract to make 900?" is 1156 and 256 as illustrated below:

1156 - 256 = 900

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 900. Below we list alternate solutions if available.

2500 - 1600 = 900
6084 - 5184 = 900
51076 - 50176 = 900

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