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Visual Squares

Explore how entering 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64 ... can lead to square patterns.
  1. Enter the square numbers one at a time
  2. If the green and red factors are not balanced click on a factor you wish to convert
  3. Conversely fill in any near square number like 6,12,20, 30, 42, 56, 72 and 100 to determine that none of these can be made to form a square pattern.
  4. Try larger perfect squares from The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS) https://oeis.org/A000290/list
n a(n) 0 0 1 1 2 4 3 9 4 16 5 25 6 36 7 49 8 64 9 81 10 100 11 121 12 144 13 169 14 196 15 225 16 256 17 289 18 324 19 361 20 400 21 441 22 484 23 529 24 576 25 625 26 676 27 729 28 784 29 841 30 900 31 961 32 1024 33 1089 34 1156 35 1225 36 1296 37 1369 38 1444 39 1521 40 1600 41 1681 42 1764 43 1849 44 1936 45 2025 46 2116 47 2209 48 2304 49 2401 50 2500