Question

How can you use perfect squares to estimate a square root such as √8?

Answer 1

Answer:

Method to Find the Square Root of 8

For you to remember, 22= 4, and 32= 9. Hence the answer to the root of 8 lies between the numbers 2 and 3. However, since the square of 3 equals to 9 which is larger than 8, the root 8 value lies in between the number 2.8 and 2.9.

Answer 2

Answer:

The square root of 8 in radical form is represented as √8 which is also equal to 2√2 and as a fraction, it is equal to 2.828 approximately. Squares root of a number is the number, which, on multiplying by itself gives the original number.