What is 2 divided by square root of 16? (2/√16)

2 divided by square root of 16

Here we will show you how to calculate 2 divided by the square root of 16. In fact, we will show you two different ways of calculating 2 divided by √16. We start by displaying the problem we are solving in mathematical terms, as follows:

2 ÷ √16 =

		2
		√16

Method 1
To solve the problem 2 divided by the square root of 16 using this method, we first find the square root of 16, and then we divide 2 by the answer to the square root of 16.

		2
		√16

		2
		4

		2
		4

= 0.5

Method 2
With this alternate method, we first move the radical from the denominator to the numerator by multiplying the numerator and denominator by √16 like this.

		2 × √16
		√16 × √16

		8
		16

Then we divide the numerator by the denominator to once again get the answer to 2 divided by the square root of 16.

		8
		16

= 0.5

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