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Class 8 Maths – Square Roots

Q24. Find the square root of 11.0428 correct to four decimal places.

Solution:

Group the digits in pairs:

\[ 11.0428=\overline{11}.\overline{04}\,\overline{28}\,\overline{00}\,\overline{00} \]

\[ \begin{array}{r|l} \sqrt{11.0428} & 3.32307\ldots\\ \hline 3^2=9 & 11-9=2\\ &\downarrow 04\\ &204 \end{array} \]

Double the quotient:

\[ 2\times3=6 \]

Choose the largest digit \(x\) such that

\[ (60+x)\times x\le204. \]

\[ (60+3)\times3=63\times3=189\le204. \]

Hence, \[ \text{Quotient}=3.3 \]

Remainder:

\[ 204-189=15. \]

Bring down the next pair:

\[ 1528. \]

Double the quotient:

\[ 2\times33=66. \]

Choose \(x\) such that

\[ (660+x)\times x\le1528. \]

\[ (660+2)\times2=662\times2=1324\le1528. \]

Hence, \[ \text{Quotient}=3.32 \]

Remainder:

\[ 1528-1324=204. \]

Bring down the next pair:

\[ 20400. \]

Double the quotient:

\[ 2\times332=664. \]

Choose \(x\) such that

\[ (6640+x)\times x\le20400. \]

\[ (6640+3)\times3=6643\times3=19929\le20400. \]

Hence, \[ \text{Quotient}=3.323 \]

Remainder:

\[ 20400-19929=471. \]

Bring down the next pair:

\[ 47100. \]

Double the quotient:

\[ 2\times3323=6646. \]

Since \[ 66460>47100, \] the next digit is \(0\).

Bring down another pair of zeros.

\[ 4710000 \]

\[ 2\times33230=66460. \]

\[ (664600+7)\times7 =664607\times7 =4652249\le4710000. \]

Therefore,

\[ \sqrt{11.0428}=3.32307\ldots \]

Correct to four decimal places:

\[ \mathbf{\sqrt{11.0428}=3.3231} \]


Q25. Find the square root of 11 correct to five decimal places.

Solution:

Group the digits in pairs:

\[ 11=\overline{11}.\overline{00}\,\overline{00}\,\overline{00}\,\overline{00}\,\overline{00} \]

Using the long division method, the successive digits of the square root are:

\[ 3,\;3,\;1,\;6,\;6,\;2,\;4,\ldots \]

Hence,

\[ \sqrt{11}=3.316624\ldots \]

Since the sixth decimal place is \(4<5\), the fifth decimal place remains unchanged.

Correct to five decimal places:

\[ \mathbf{\sqrt{11}=3.31662} \]

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