Re: 64 - is this the only number that is both a sq and a cube?

From: Bob Silverman (anonymous_at_mathforum.org)
Date: 09/20/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:27:41 +0000 (UTC)

On 20 Sep 2004, Michael Lockhart wrote:
>"Bob Silverman" <anonymous@mathforum.org> wrote in message

<snip>

>I think he's just a complete layman who is looking at that as 64 = 8*8 =
>4*4*4. In his head, he's not going to get to 3^6 = 729 = 27*27 = 9*9*9, so
>it looks unique to him.

Allow me to pontificate/editorialize a bit... No flames are
intended except those aimed at our (U.S.) currently incompetent
educational system.

Does "complete layman" = "complete moron"??? [no flame intended
toward original poster]

The question asked is a simple one that should be able to be
answered by anyone who has taken/passed a year of algebra. The last
time I looked, the minimum requirement for graduating high school in the U.S. [any high school] was two years of math...

Answering this question only requires simple arithmetic. If a high
school graduate can not answer it, it speaks very poorly of the
high school math teachers......

I agree with R. Heinlein.

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