What is the square root of 100?

Answer by  ericamartin (88)

The square root means "what times itself is this number?". So, for this question, you would ask "what times itself equals 100?". You can start with random numbers until you find one close enough, or use a calculator. the square root of 100 is 10.

Answer by  Redav (231)

Any number miltiplied by itself that is equal to a certain number is the square root of this last one. Here 10 and -10 are square roots of 100 because if you multiply 10 for 10 you get 100, same multiplying for -10 for -10.