User:Guyzambrano

How do you do a square root using only a pencil and paper; in other words, a simple division problem multiplies the top (guessed) number by the number being divided into the other number, then subtracted from the other number to get a result for another guess and the last number becomes the numerator for the fractional remains. A simple square root problem, though has to have an exact number to get the solution. I only got as far as thinking of changing the base of the number to do the "square rooting" and then changing it back to base ten. In other words, does an algorithm to a simple square root include doing it on paper and pencil?Guyzambrano (talk) 23:13, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

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