Question

Fill in the blanks with square root or principal square root.


The Question Blank 1 of 7
square root

of a number is a value that when the value is multiplied by itself, the product (answer) equals the original number.

For example, because 12 times 12 is equal to 144, the square root of Question Blank 2 of 7
144

is Question Blank 3 of 7
12

.

We use √ to find the square root of numbers. It is called the Question Blank 4 of 7
Answer
symbol.

is equal to Question Blank 5 of 7
12



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also has another square root, and it's -12 because -12 times itself is also equal to 144.

But the principal square root is the Question Blank 6 of 7
Answer
square root of a number.

For example, to find the square root of 25 we do . We will end up with two answers because 5 x 5 equals 25 and so does -5 x -5.
Because of this 5 and -5 are both square roots of 25. However, the principal square root of 25 is Question Blank 7 of 7
5

.

Answer 1

Here are the filled-in blanks:

The Question Blank 1 of 7
**square root**

of a number is a value that when the value is multiplied by itself, the product (answer) equals the original number.

For example, because 12 times 12 is equal to 144, the square root of Question Blank 2 of 7
**144**

is Question Blank 3 of 7
**12**

.

We use √ to find the square root of numbers. It is called the Question Blank 4 of 7
**radical**

symbol.

**The square root of 144** is equal to Question Blank 5 of 7
**12**

.

**Image** also has another square root, and it's -12 because -12 times itself is also equal to 144.

But the principal square root is the Question Blank 6 of 7
**non-negative**

square root of a number.

For example, to find the square root of 25 we do. We will end up with two answers because 5 x 5 equals 25 and so does -5 x -5.
Because of this, 5 and -5 are both square roots of 25. However, the principal square root of 25 is Question Blank 7 of 7
**5**

.