The number of which the square root is to be found is called the "radicand."
The symbol before the number is called the radical sign. ( √ )
E.g. √4 = 2, √25 = 5
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Finding the square root of it. Taking the square root. Not squaring it.
The square of number is a *a ( a number times itself ). For example, 4*4=16, so the square of 4 is 16. the square root is the number before you square it. The square root of 16 is 4. It actually simple to remember this way: think of the root as the root of a tree, growing to multiply itself.
Squaring a number is multiplying it by itself. Finding a square root is dividing, trying to find the two numbers that will multiply to make your original number.
The square root of a number is the number that is squared, or multiplied by itself, to get the number. The square root of 913,936 is 956. *Click the included link to learn the traditional method (Meaning without a calculator) of finding square roots: http://www.homeschoolmath.net/teaching/square-root-algorithm.phpand look for the subtitle: Finding square roots using an algorithm
The mathematical symbol one can use when finding the square root of a number is y2=a. In other words y is a square number as a result of multiplying the number by itself (y x y)