Square root of 16
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Sqrt(16). Find the square root of 16 or any other real number, positive or negative. Here are the answers to questions like: Square root of 16 or what is the square root of 16?
What is square root? Definition of square root
A square root of a number 'x' is a number y such that y2 = x, in other words, a number y whose square is y. For example, 4 is the square root of 16 because 42 = 4•4 = 16, -4 is square root of 16 because (-4)2 = (-4)•(-4) = 16. When writing math, people often use sqrt(x) to mean the square root of x. Read more about square root here: Square Root - Wikipedia and here: Square Root - Wolfram
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Here is the square root symbol. It is is denoted by √, known as the radical sign or radix.
Square root of values around 16
| Number | Sqrt |
|---|---|
| The square root of 15.6 is | 3.950 |
| The square root of 15.7 is | 3.962 |
| The square root of 15.8 is | 3.975 |
| The square root of 15.9 is | 3.987 |
| The square root of 16 is | 4.000 |
| The square root of 16.1 is | 4.012 |
| The square root of 16.2 is | 4.025 |
| The square root of 16.3 is | 4.037 |
| The square root of 16.4 is | 4.050 |
| The square root of 16.5 is | 4.062 |