Question

What is 5√ ? Place a dot on the number line at the best approximation

Answer 1

You should place the square root of 5 between 2 and 3.

A square root is the number that get's multiplied by itself to get the given number. In this case, what 2 numbers multiply together to give 5.

It is an irrational number (never ending).
It is about 2.236