What does the term square root mean?

Answer 1

The word square root often refers to the root number of numbers like 64. For instance, the square root of 64 is 8 because 8 x 8 = 64. It's the same with other numbers like 4 (2 x 2 = 4) and 16 (4 x 4 = 16). The symbol for square root is √.