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
- Click on an empty cell (like F5 )

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

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

4. Select math and trig category
5. Select SQRT function
6. Then select ok

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

Examples of SQRT function in excel
Example 1:
How to use SQRT function in excel
You can see examples of SQRT function below:

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)