ACT Math : How to find the square root of a decimal

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Example Question #1 :How To Find The Square Root Of A Decimal

找到以下的平方根小数:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The easiest way to find the square root of a fraction is to convert it into scientific notation.

\dpi{100} \small .00081 = 8.1 \times 10^{-4}

The key is that the exponent in scientific notation has to be even for a square root because the square root of an exponent is diving it by two. The square root of 9 is 3, so the square root of 8.1 is a little bit less than 3, around 2.8

\dpi{100} \small \sqrt{8.1 \times 10^{-4}} \approx 2.8 \times 10^{-2} \approx 0.028

Example Question #2 :Basic Squaring / Square Roots

找到以下的平方根小数:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the square root of this decimal we convert it into scientific notation.

Becausehas an even exponent, we can divide the exponenet by 2 to get its square root.

Example Question #3 :Basic Squaring / Square Roots

找到以下的平方根小数:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

This problem can be solve more easily by rewriting the decimal into scientific notation.

Becausehas an even exponent, we can take the square root of it by dividing it by 2. The square root of 4 is 2, and the square root of 1 is 1, so the square root of 2.5 is less than 2 and greater than 1.

Example Question #1 :How To Find The Square Root Of A Decimal

找到以下的平方根小数:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

This problem becomes much simpler if we rewrite the decimal in scientific notation

Becausehas an even exponent, we can take its square root by dividing it by two. The square root of 4 is 2, and because 3.6 is a little smaller than 4, its square root is a little smaller than 2, around 1.9

Example Question #1 :How To Find The Square Root Of A Decimal

找到以下的平方根小数:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the square root of this decimal we convert it into scientific notation.

Becausehas an even exponent, we can divide the exponenet by 2 to get its square root. The square root of 9 is 3, and the square root of 4 is two, so the square root of 6.4 is between 3 and 2, around 2.53

Example Question #2 :How To Find The Square Root Of A Decimal

找到以下的平方根小数:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the square root of this decimal we convert it into scientific notation.

Becausehas an even exponent, we can divide the exponenet by 2 to get its square root.is a perfect square, whose square root is.

Example Question #1 :How To Find The Square Root Of A Decimal

找到以下的平方根小数:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the square root of this decimal we convert it into scientific notation.

Becausehas an even exponent, we can divide the exponenet by 2 to get its square root. The square root of 9 is 3, so the square root of 10 should be a little larger than 3, around 3.16

Example Question #3 :How To Find The Square Root Of A Decimal

找到以下的平方根小数:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the square root of this decimal we convert it into scientific notation.

Becausehas an even exponent, we can divide the exponenet by 2 to get its square root. The square root of 36 is 6, so the square root of 40 should be a little more than 6, around 6.32.

Example Question #1 :How To Find The Square Root Of A Decimal

Find the square root of.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Rewrite the expression in radical form.

Rewrite the decimal with factors and simplify.

Example Question #2 :How To Find The Square Root Of A Decimal

Find the square root of.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Rewrite the question in radical form.

Split upinto its common factor.

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