Replace the letters with the correct numbers. T W O X T W O --------- T H R E E
T=1, W=3, O=8, H=9, R=2, E=4 1 3 8 x 1 3 8 ------------ 1 9 0 4 4 You can reduce the number of trials. T must be 1 as there is multiplication of T with T in hundred's position. Also, O can not be 0 or 1. Now, you have to find three digit number whose square satisfies above conditions and square of that has same last two digits. Hence, it must be between 102 and 139.