Question

What is the square root of 500

Answer 1

500 is not a perfect square number. Therefore, find the factors of 500 with the largest perfect square. In this case, 100 is the largest perfect square number in 500.
$500= \sqrt{500} ^2$

$\sqrt{500}=\sqrt{100*5}$

$\sqrt{500}=\sqrt{100}\sqrt{5}$

$\sqrt{500}=10\sqrt{5}$

If you are simply looking for the calculator result, you will get $22.36$

Answer 2

There is no perfect square for 500. You can either solve it as a radical expression with $10 \sqrt{5}$ or you can give the approximate answer of about 22.3607