Simplify Square Root of 985

Here we will show you step-by-step how to simplify the square root of 985. The square root of 985 can be written as follows:


	√	985

The √ symbol is called the radical sign. To simplify the square root of 985 means to get simplest radical form of √985.

Step 1: List Factors
List the factors of 985 like so:

1, 5, 197, 985

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 985 cannot be simplified.

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

Square root of 985 in Decimal form rounded to nearest 5 decimals:

31.38471

Square root of 985 written with Exponent instead of Radical:

985^½

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* List of Perfect Squares