Can any one remind me of what a square root is?

Question

I need some help on my math homework any ppl from gr.9-up help me out

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_root

there ya go

Answer 2

A square root is a number that is the quotient of a number multiplied by itself.
example: 4/2 = 2
In the example above 4 divided by 2 equals 2. Which is basically saying 2 x 2 = 4 backwards. 2 is the square root of 4 because 2 x 2 = 4. So to sum it up any number can be a square root as long as you can multiply it by itself and divide the answer by that same number and get that same number as the answer.
Hope that helps

Answer 3

Finding the square root of a number is the inverse operation of squaring that number. Remember, the square of a number is that number times itself. i.e square of 5 =5 x 5 = 5/2 = 25

Answer 4

Easy. If you have a number it's square root is whatever number you have to multiply by itself to get that number.

Gosh, that sounds complicated.. It's not complicated, but it's easier to understand with an example

2 is the square root of 4
3 is the square root of 9
4 is the square root of 16
5 is the square root of 25

Get it?

Answer 5

It`s a number when multiplied by itself =the featured number.

Answer 6

http://mathforum.org/~sarah/hamilton/ham.squareroots.html