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What number when times by itself and then takeaway by the same number and the answer is 42?
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∙ 13y ago
The answer is 7. Because 7X7=49 then 49-7= 42!
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What number times itself to get the multiplication problem -144?
No number times itself can give the result of -144 .Any number has the same sign as itself has, and whenever you multiplytwo numbers that have the same sign, the result is a positive number.
What is multiplying the base number by itself once or many times?
Same as multiplying any number by itself once or many times.
What does it mean when a number is squared?
to the second power, or times itself
What is the smallest non zero multiple of a number is?
Itself because 1 times a number = the same number
Can there be two numbers whose square is same?
No, because the square of a number is that number times itself, so a no two numbers will have the same square.
Why is 2 a multiple of itself?
it is the same with any number. 2 is in the 2 times table (1x2)
What the square of a number?
Times it again by the same number [e.g] square of 4 is 4X4=16 so square of 4 is 16
What can you times three times to get 8?
22 x 2 x 2 = 4 x 2 = 88 is a cube number = a number made by multiplying the same number by itself three times
Why is raising the number to the second power called squaring the number?
That's because you are multiplying it by itself. So "two, squared' means the same as 'two times two', and 'three, squared' means the same as 'three times three'. Multiplying a number by itself is exactly the same process of finding the area of a square who's dimensions are the number in question. Therefore multiplying a number by itself is known as squaring. For the same reason of raising a number to the third power is known as cubing. (Because its the same process you would use to find the volume of a cube.)
What is the number for a number divided by itself?
Any number divided by itself is the same as ' 1 '.
What does the phrase square of an number mean?
The phrase "square of a number" means the number times itself. For example, the square of 5 is 25. This is the same as saying the number "squared".
Is one a square number?
No, because 1 times itself is one, making it not a square number. It has to equal a different number than the number times itself. * * * * * A totally incorrect answer - on two counts. (a) a square number does not have to be different and, (b) even if that were the case, 1 is the square of -1 and -1 is not the same as 1.
