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No, it's a decimal number. 1,4142135623730950488016887242097

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Can a square root be a whole number?

Yes. The square of a whole number is always a whole number. For example, 3 squared is 9, so the square root of 9 is 3. What you never have, is the square root of a whole number being a fraction that is not a whole number. The square root of a whole number is either a whole number or an irrational number. For example, the square root of 2 is irrational, because there are no 2 whole numbers a and b such that a/b squared is 2. This is not terribly difficult to prove, but I have already said too much; I have answered your question.


What is the square root of 78 divided by 2?

39


Is the square root of 4 a whole number?

Yes and it is 2


Is the square root of a whole number always an integer?

No, it may be not even a rational number. Square root of 2 is 1,414213562... for example.


Can you square a square root?

Yes, the whole idea of taking the "square root" of a number is, for example for the square root of 2, to find the number that, when squared, gives you 2. if you try to do both, they cancel each other out.


Is the square root of 4 irrational or rational?

It is rational. The root of a perfect square, such as 4, is rational; the root of any positive integer that is not a perfect square is an irrational number.


What type of number is the square root of 2 an integer a rational number an irrational number or a whole number?

The square root of 2 is an irrational number because it can't be expressed as a fraction


Is there a square root of two?

yes...it is 1.41421356try it on a calculatorEvery positive number has a square root. In fact,every positive number has two of them.There is a square root of any number, but the square root of most numbers is not a whole round number. The square root of 2 is 1.41421


What is a rational number whose square root is a whole number?

If the square root is a whole number, then the square of the square root, the original number, is also a whole number; all whole numbers can be expressed as themselves over 1, and so are rational numbers. The answer is thus any square number, ie the square of the natural numbers: 1 (1²), 4 (2²), 9 (3²), 16 (4²), etc.


Is the square root of any whole number an integer ar an irrational number?

Some square roots of whole numbers are integers, some of them are irrational numbers. The square root of four for instance is a rational number, 2. The square root of two however is an irrational number, approximately 1.414211356.


What whole number does the square root of 3 fall between?

The square root of 3 falls between 1 and 2. (It is closer to 2 though)


What is the square root of 6 to the nearest whole number?

Well the square root of 6 is 2.449... so when rounded to the nearest whole number it would be 2, but that would be a very inaccurate answer you should leave it in the square root form or 2.5 if anything.