Simplify Square Root of 255

Here we will show you step-by-step how to simplify the square root of 255. The square root of 255 can be written as follows:


	√	255

The √ symbol is called the radical sign. To simplify the square root of 255 means to get simplest radical form of √255.

Step 1: List Factors
List the factors of 255 like so:

1, 3, 5, 15, 17, 51, 85, 255

Step 2: Find Perfect Squares
Identify the perfect squares* from the list of factors above:

1

Since 1 is the only perfect square above, the square root of 255 cannot be simplified.

However, you may be interested in the decimal and exponent form instead.

Square root of 255 in Decimal form rounded to nearest 5 decimals:

15.96872

Square root of 255 written with Exponent instead of Radical:

255^½

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* List of Perfect Squares