How can you calculate the square root of 1.8E-5 without a calculator

1 answer

1.8E-5 = 18E-6
so, sqrt will be
√18 E -3

You can do that by hand, or just do some estimating

4^2 = 16
4.2^2 = 17.64
4.3^2 = 18.49
So, you can see it is between 4.3 and 4.3