What is the square root of 1000

The short answer is \( \sqrt{ 1000 } = 31.622776601684 \).

If that's all you're looking for, thanks for coming by. But if you're interested in the hows and whys behind square roots, continue reading and we'll tell you all about the square root of 1000.

1000 is not a perfect square

Let's look at some math

$$ \LARGE \sqrt{ 1000 } = 31.622776601684 $$

Note that \(31.622776601684\) is not a whole number, therefore 1000 is not a perfect square.

The next perfect square greater than 1000 is 1024. The previous perfect square less than 1000 is 961.

Square root of 1000 as an exponent

Any square root can be converted to a number with a fractional exponent. In the case of 1000 the following two values are equal.

$$ \LARGE \sqrt{ 1000 } = 1000^{^1/_2} $$

Square root of 1000 as a fraction

Since 1000 is not a perfect square, sometimes we might want to get a fractional estimate of the square root value. In the case of 1000 that value is \(\Large 31 \frac{33}{53}\).

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