Do you get my logic here?

That's right. SO 100 TIMES 100 EQUALS 10,000; AND 40 TIMES 40 EQUALS 1,600; That's right. AND 4 TIMES 4 EQUALS 16; Makes sense to me. MY CALCULATOR:; 10,000+1600+16=11,616, SO THEREFORE 144 SQUARED SHOULD EQUAL 11,616! 144 SQUARED EQUALS 20,736.