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The square root of a number is a number which, when multiplied by itself, gives the original number.

So, 9 has a square root which is 3 because 3*3 = 9

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Why do you say square number and what does square root mean?

square root is a number that multiplies into its self to get a number. For example:3x3=9


What is A number those square is 20?

If you mean the square root is 20, the answer is 400. If you mean the square root of 20, the answer is about 4.47.


Is 1 a perfect square root?

Not sure what you mean by "perfect square root".A "perfect square" is the square of a whole number; if that's what you mean, yes, it's the square of the number 1.


What does it mean to find the square root of a number?

It means you are finding what number multiplied by itself will give you the number you are finding the square root of.


What does x value in square root mean?

It is the number whose square root you need to obtain.


What does it mean if there are two square root symbols over a number?

Take the square root of the square root of the number (that is the fourth root of the number), for example: √√16 = √(√16) = √4 = 2 24 = 16 ⇒ 2 is the fourth root of 16.


What does square root key mean?

As an example, the square root of 49 is 7. It's this because the square root of a number is another number multiplied by itself(7X7=49).


What is the Rational number for the square root of 6?

The square root of six is irrational. Do you mean a rational approximation?


Can numbers that are not square have square roots?

Yes and no. It depends on your definition of square root. By the actual one, yes. All non-negative numbers have a square root. That square root might be irrational but it has a square root, nonetheless. 10 isn't a square number because there's no integer that can be squared to make ten but 10 definitely has a square root: 3.16227766....... If by square root you mean an integer square root, then no. If a number has an integer as its square root then you could square that integer to get the number, making it a square number.


Is the square root of 100 an irrational or rational number?

It is neither but if you mean the square root of 100 then it is 10 which is a rational number


What does the mathematical term perfect square mean?

The mathematical term 'perfect square' means that a number, which has a rational number as its square root. 25 is a perfect square, because its square root is 5, a rational number.


What does a non-square root mean?

It doesn't mean anything. If you've actually seen the term used by a mathematician (which I doubt), you might be able to determine from context what it means, but without that context it's pointless to even try."Square root" has a specific meaning, but "non-square root" could mean that the number in question is not a square root (ludicrous... every number is the square root of something), or that it's not the square root of a given number (an almost equally useless concept), or that it's a root of some kind but not a square root (just tell us what kind of root it is. Cube? Fourth?).