Question

Find the square root  the following correct to three places of decimal. 

`287 5/8` 

 

Answer 1

We can find the square root up to four decimal places by expanding `287 5/8` into decimal form up to eight digits to the right of the decimal point as shown below:

`287 5/8=287.625000000` 

Hence, we have:

So, the square root of `287 5/8`up to three decimal places is 16.960.