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Square Root: √
1. How to Work with Square Roots
🧠 A square root is the opposite of squaring a number.
So when you see something like √25, you can think of it like this: √25 = √(5²) = 5
Because:
5² = 5x5 = 25
So the square root of 25 is just the number that was squared → 5
2. Example
✏️ Evaluate √25 + √16
Step-by-step:
√25 = √(5²) = 5
√16 = √(4²) = 4
Now add them: 5 + 4 = 9
✅ Answer: 9
🎯 Top Tips:
⭐ A square root “undoes” a square.
⭐ If you can rewrite a number as something squared (like 36 = 6²), then its square root is that number.
⭐ Always look for perfect squares like 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, etc.
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