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Square root of 256

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Square root result:

Sqrt(256). Find the square root of 256 or any other real number, positive or negative. Here are the answers to questions like: Square root of 256 or what is the square root of 256?

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, 16 is the square root of 256 because 162 = 16•16 = 256, -16 is square root of 256 because (-16)2 = (-16)•(-16) = 256. 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

Square Symbol?

Here is the square root symbol. It is is denoted by √, known as the radical sign or radix.

Square root of values around 256

NumberSqrt
The square root of 252 is 15.875
The square root of 253 is 15.906
The square root of 254 is 15.937
The square root of 255 is 15.969
The square root of 257 is 16.031
The square root of 258 is 16.062
The square root of 259 is 16.093
The square root of 260 is 16.125
The square root of 261 is 16.155

Square root examples

√1254√649√4.41√15.43