Question

The square root of an odd number

• A. need not be odd
• B. is odd
• C. is even
• D. cannot be determined

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

is odd

The square root of an odd number is odd number. We can check this by taking examples as follows:

$\sqrt[2]{225}=5$

Square root of odd number, $25$ is a odd number $5$.

$\sqrt[2]{249}=7$

Square root of odd number, $49$ is a odd number $7$.

Hence, we can say that the square root of odd number is odd. Option C is correct.