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  2. The monkey and the coconuts - Wikipedia

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    If two divisions are done, a multiple of 5 · 5=25 rather than 5 must be used, because 25 can be divided by 5 twice. So the number of coconuts that could be in the pile is k · 25 – 4. k =1 yielding 21 is the smallest positive number that can be successively divided by 5 twice with remainder 1.

  3. Division (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    This is denoted as 20 / 5 = 4, or ⁠ 20 / 5 ⁠ = 4. [2] In the example, 20 is the dividend, 5 is the divisor, and 4 is the quotient. Unlike the other basic operations, when dividing natural numbers there is sometimes a remainder that will not go evenly into the dividend; for example, 10 / 3 leaves a remainder of 1, as 10 is not a multiple of 3.

  4. Fermat's theorem on sums of two squares - Wikipedia

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    If two primes which end in 3 or 7 and surpass by 3 a multiple of 4 are multiplied, then their product will be composed of a square and the quintuple of another square. In other words, if p, q are of the form 20 k + 3 or 20 k + 7 , then pq = x 2 + 5 y 2 .

  5. Square packing - Wikipedia

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    Square packing in a square is the problem of determining the maximum number of unit squares (squares of side length one) that can be packed inside a larger square of side length . If a {\displaystyle a} is an integer , the answer is a 2 , {\displaystyle a^{2},} but the precise – or even asymptotic – amount of unfilled space for an arbitrary ...

  6. Difference of two squares - Wikipedia

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    The difference of two squares can also be illustrated geometrically as the difference of two square areas in a plane. In the diagram, the shaded part represents the difference between the areas of the two squares, i.e. a 2 − b 2 {\displaystyle a^{2}-b^{2}} .

  7. Square (algebra) - Wikipedia

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    55, or 5 2 (5 squared), can be shown graphically using a square. Each block represents one unit, 11, and the entire square represents 55, or the area of the square. In mathematics, a square is the result of multiplying a number by itself. The verb "to square" is used to denote this operation.

  8. Tetradecagon - Wikipedia

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    There are two regular star polygons: {14/3} and {14/5}, using the same vertices, but connecting every third or fifth points. There are also three compounds: {14/2} is reduced to 2{7} as two heptagons , while {14/4} and {14/6} are reduced to 2{7/2} and 2{7/3} as two different heptagrams , and finally {14/7} is reduced to seven digons .

  9. Completing the square - Wikipedia

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    Since x 2 represents the area of a square with side of length x, and bx represents the area of a rectangle with sides b and x, the process of completing the square can be viewed as visual manipulation of rectangles. Simple attempts to combine the x 2 and the bx rectangles into a larger square