What is the smallest number that should be multiplied to 1458 to make it a perfect square *?

Last updated at Aug. 31, 2021 by Teachoo

Ex 6.3, 5 For each of the following numbers, find the smallest whole number by which it should be multiplied so as to get a perfect square number. Also find the square root of the square number so obtained. (v) 1458 Prime factorizing 1458 By prime factorization, 1458 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 Since 2 does not occur in pair we multiply by 2 to make it a pair So, our number becomes 1458 × 2 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 2 2916 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 Square root of 2916 ∴ √2916 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 = 6 × 9 = 54 ∴ The smallest whole number to be multiplied = 2 and square root of new number = 54

1458 can be factorised as follows.

1458 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3

Here, prime factor 2 does not have its pair. If 2 gets a pair, then the number will become a perfect square. Therefore, 1458 has to be multiplied with 2 to obtain a perfect square.

Therefore, 1458 × 2 = 2916 is a perfect square.

1458 × 2 = 2916 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3

∴ `sqrt(2916)` = 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 = 54

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