Stage: 2 Challenge Level: 
Try with the squares of the numbers between $4$ and $20$.
Did you find any square numbers which cannot be made by adding two prime numbers together?
Trial and improvement. Visualising. Multiplication & division. Square numbers. Addition & subtraction. Factors and multiples. Prime numbers. Investigations. Combinations. Working systematically.
Published January 2003.
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