Simplify Square Root of 5

Here we will show you step-by-step how to simplify the square root of 5. The square root of 5 can be written as follows:


	√	5

The √ symbol is called the radical sign. To simplify the square root of 5 means to get simplest radical form of √5.

Step 1: List Factors
List the factors of 5 like so:

1, 5

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 5 cannot be simplified.

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

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

2.23607

Square root of 5 written with Exponent instead of Radical:

5^½

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* List of Perfect Squares