What is the square root of 256?

Here we will explain and calculate the square root of 256. First, note that the square root of 256 can be written with a mathematical symbol like this:

√256

When we calculate the square root of 256, the answer is the number (n) that you can multiply by itself that will equal 256. In other words, n × n should equal 256. Therefore, the equation to solve the problem is as follows:

n² = 256

And when we solve the equation above, we get the answer to the square root of 256:

√256 = 16

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