Question

What is the square root of 144?

Answer 1

The square root of 144 is 12. This is because 12 x 12 = 144, meaning that 12 is the number that, when multiplied by itself, equals 144. The symbol for taking the square root is √, and the expression √144 means "what number multiplied by itself equals 144?"

Answer 2

The square root of 144 is the number that, when multiplied by itself, gives 144. One way to find the square root of 144 is to use a calculator and press the square root button. Another way is to use the fact that 144 is a perfect square, meaning that it has a whole number as its square root. To find the whole number, we can use prime factorization to break down 144 into its prime factors. The steps are shown below:

144 = 2x2x2x2x3x3

      = (2x2)x(2x2)x(3x3)

      = 4x4x9

      = (4x9)x(4x9)

      = 36x36

This shows that 144 is equal to 36 squared, or 36x36. Therefore, the square root of 144 is 36. 

Answer 3

Square root of 144 is 12 as square root of any number is the number that if we multiply the number itself with the same number we will get the number asked in the question

Answer 4

Finding the square root of a given number means finding the number that gives the number under the the square root if it is squared. Therefore the square root of 144 is 12. Because 12²=12×12 = 144