Excel SQRT Function

What is the SQRT function in Excel?

The SQRT function is one of the math functions of Excel.

It Returns the square root of a number.

We can find this function in Math & trig category of insert function Tab.

How to use SQRT function in excel

  1. Click on an empty cell (like F5 )
empty cell in excel

2. Click on fx icon (or press shift+F3)

fx icon in excel

3. In the insert function tab you will see all functions

 insert function tab in excel

4. Select math and trig category

5. Select SQRT function

6. Then select ok

 SQRT function

7. In the function arguments Tab you will see SQRT function

8. Number section is the number for which you want the square root.

9. You will see results in the formula result section

How to use SQRT function in excel

Examples of SQRT function in excel

Example 1:

How to use SQRT function in excel

You can see examples of SQRT function below:

Examples of SQRT function in excel
sqrt(1) ----->>>>answer is  1

sqrt(2) ----->>>>answer is  1.41

sqrt(3) ----->>>>answer is  1.73

sqrt(4) ----->>>>answer is  2

sqrt(5) ----->>>>answer is  2.23

What is the purpose of SQRT function?

It Returns the square root of a number.

What is the Return value of SQRT function?

It returns a number.

How many arguments does SQRT function have?

This function has just 1 Argument.

The argument of SQRT function is number.

Number section is the number for which you want the square root.

The argument of SQRT function is required and not optional.

SQRT(number) = number

Which version of excel supports SQRT function?

This function is available for all excel versions (2003-2019)

Errors in SQRT function

SQRT related functions :

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