Question

The square root of 556.96 is ___. (Give answer till one decimal place)

Answer 1

We use long division method to find the square root of 556.96. For that, we will group 2 numbers from right to left and then proceed with the division. We add 0 before 5 to make a group of two numbers.

$$\begin{array}{cc}& 23.6\\ 2& \overline{05}\overline{56}.\overline{96}\\ & -4\\ 43& 156\\ & -129\\ 466& 2796\\ & -2796\\ & 0000\end{array}$$
$\therefore \sqrt{556.96}=23.6$