SOLUTION: Hi. When finding the square root of a number, and you are left with a remainder, how do you convert the remainder to decimal without using a calculator? For instance the square r

Question 451097: Hi. When finding the square root of a number, and you are left with a remainder, how do you convert the remainder to decimal without using a calculator? For instance the square root of 113. Thanks in advance.
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You know that

is somewhere between 10 and 11, so 10 point something. The remainder (13) cannot be easily converted to decimal form because the square root function is not linear. However, there are certain algorithms that enable you to find the square root to a few decimal places without a calculator. You can search on Google how to do this.
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