THE CONFUSING

PERFECT PAIR
A Mathematical investigation
This will tackle about the pattern of how the sum of a prime number
and a perfect square number will be a perfect square.

The researcher want to study the relationship of a prime number and

perfect square to know if there is such pattern that may lead to a perfect
square answer when we add a prime number and a perfect square. It
will help students to answer easily other equation.
A prime number is a whole number greater than 1 whose only
factors are 1 and itself. A factor is a whole numbers that can be
divided evenly into another number.

The first few prime numbers are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23 and
29.
a perfect square is a number, from a
given number system, that can be
expressed as the square of a number
from the same number system. 2²= 4 & 3²= 9, so 4 and 9 are
example of a perfect square
number.
 The prime number can only be added to a perfect square once to have a sum of a perfect square.

There is no perfect square number that can be added to 2 to have a perfect square answer
because 2 is an even number and the sum of two consecutive perfect square numbers are all odd
numbers.

All prime numbers can be added to certain perfect square number to have a perfect square
answer except 2 because all prime numbers are odd number except 2 which is an even number.
 There is no such sequence to have a sum of a
perfect square when you added a prime number
and a perfect square numbers: but

All odd prime numbers can be added to a perfect

square to have a sum of a perfect square numbers.
Except 2

Not all perfect square numbers can be added to

prime numbers to have a perfect square answer.
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To solve for the prime number we can use 𝑃𝑟 = 𝑛=1 −𝑛

where n= to the perfect square

If 𝑃𝑟 is not a prime number then it means that the n cannot be

added to any prime to have a perfect square answer
Wha prime number can be added to 25 to have a Wha prime number can be added to 144 to have a
perfect square answer perfect square answer
Using the formula Using the formula
𝑃𝑟 = 𝑛+1 2
−𝑛 𝑃𝑟 = 𝑛 + 1 2 − 𝑛
2 2
𝑃𝑟 = 25 + 1 − 25 𝑃𝑟 = 144 + 1 − 144
𝑃𝑟 = 5 + 1 2 − 25 𝑃𝑟 = 12 + 1 2 − 144
2
𝑃𝑟 = 6 2 − 25 𝑃𝑟 = 13 −144
𝑃𝑟 = 36 – 25 𝑃𝑟 = 169 – 144
𝑃𝑟 =11 𝑃𝑟 =25

 11 is a prime number so the answer is  no prime number can be added to 144

to have a perfect square answer
11