The Weekly Challenge

09. TASK #1: Integer Square Root

HEADLINES

Welcome to the Week #133 and today is the first Monday of the month. So it is time to declare the champion. I announce the next champion, Jan Krnavek, a Raku enthusiast. He is ranked #36 in the leaderboard with total score of 218 as of today. He shared 109 solutions in Raku. Congratulation Jan Krnavek and thanks for your consistent contributions.

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TASK #1 › Integer Square Root

Submitted by: Mohammad S Anwar

You are given a positive integer $N.

Write a script to calculate the integer square root of the given number.

Please avoid using built-in function. Find out more about it here.

Examples

Input: $N = 10
Output: 3

Input: $N = 27
Output: 5

Input: $N = 85
Output: 9

Input: $N = 101
Output: 10

TASK #2 › Smith Numbers

Submitted by: Mohammad S Anwar

Write a script to generate first 10 Smith Numbers in base 10.

According to Wikipedia:

In number theory, a Smith number is a composite number for which, in a given number base, the sum of its digits is equal to the sum of the digits in its prime factorization in the given number base.

Last date to submit the solution 23:59 (UK Time) Sunday 10th October 2021.