What is the next perfect square after 25?

What is the next perfect square after 25?

• A. 36
• B. 29
• C. 34
• D. 40

Answer: (A)

Perfect squares are numbers that can be written as the square of an integer. Since 25 equals 5^2, the next one comes from using the next integer, 6, which gives 6^2 = 36. So the next perfect square after 25 is 36. The other choices aren’t perfect squares—29, 34, and 40 don’t equal any integer squared, and they don’t come immediately after 25.

Perfect squares are numbers that can be written as the square of an integer. Since 25 equals 5^2, the next one comes from using the next integer, 6, which gives 6^2 = 36. So the next perfect square after 25 is 36. The other choices aren’t perfect squares—29, 34, and 40 don’t equal any integer squared, and they don’t come immediately after 25.