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Kaprekar number

Kaprekar number noun: a non-negative integer, the representation of whose square in its base can be split into two parts that add up to itself (such as 297, whose square, 88209, can be split into 88 and 209, totalling 297).

Noun

Kaprekar number (plural Kaprekar numbers)

  1. A non-negative integer, the representation of whose square in its base can be split into two parts that add up to itself (such as 297, whose square, 88209, can be split into 88 and 209, totalling 297).

Forms of Kaprekar number

pluralKaprekar numbers

Origin of Kaprekar number

After the Indian mathematician Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar (1905-1986).

Questions about Kaprekar number

What does Kaprekar number mean?
Kaprekar number means a non-negative integer, the representation of whose square in its base can be split into two parts that add up to itself (such as 297, whose square, 88209, can be split into 88 and 209, totalling 297).
What part of speech is Kaprekar number?
Kaprekar number is a noun.
What is the plural of Kaprekar number?
The plural of Kaprekar number is Kaprekar numbers.

Words near Kaprekar number in the dictionary

  1. kappland
  2. kapplands
  3. Kappler
  4. Kapplers
  5. kapps
  6. Kaprekar number
  7. Kaprekar numbers
  8. Kaprije
  9. kapt
  10. Kaptol
  11. kapton

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