What square root equals 1989?

What square root equals 1989? In other words, what number would you take the square root of to get 1989? To solve this problem, we want to find x in the following equation:

√x = 1989

To solve the √x = 1989 equation, we first raise both sides to the power of 2 to eliminate the square root:

(√x)² = 1989²
x = 1989²

Then, we calculate 1989² to get the following answer:

1989² = 1989 × 1989
1989² = 3,956,121

√3,956,121 = 1989

We've provided the equation above to help you understand the underlying concept of solving problems like this. In the future, remember that you can solve all similar problems by simply multiplying the number by itself.

What Square Root Equals
Use the tool below to solve another problem like the one we solved on this page.

What square root equals 1990?
Here is another square root problem that you may find interesting.