The Perfect Cubes

Strategies and Hints

  1. 64C2=

  2. The numbers on the grid are the first 64 perfect squares.

  3. An integer that is both a perfect square and a perfect cube is a perfect sixth power.

Solution

There are four integers less than or equal to 4096 (46) that are perfect sixth powers. The probability of choosing two of these is 4C2 64C2 = .