Question

Please give a short description on how you would estimate the square root of a number that is not a perfect square without using the calculator? This is worth 20 pts

Answer 1

Step one- find a perfect square as close as possible to the number

step 2-divide the number by the square root

step 3- calculate the average of your result of step 2 and the root
step 4
Use the result of step 3 to repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have a number that you think is accurate enough for you.