Simplify Square Root of 12384

Here we will show you two methods that you can use to simplify the square root of 12384. In other words, we will show you how to find the square root of 12384 in its simplest radical form using two different methods.

To be more specific, we have created an illustration below showing what we want to calculate. Our goal is to make "A" outside the radical (√) as large as possible, and "B" inside the radical (√) as small as possible.

√12384 = A√B

Greatest Perfect Square Factor Method
The Greatest Perfect Square Factor Method uses the greatest perfect square factor of 12384 to simplify the square root of 12384. This is how to calculate A and B using this method:

A = Calculate the square root of the greatest perfect square from the list of all factors of 12384. The factors of 12384 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 32, 36, 43, 48, 72, 86, 96, 129, 144, 172, 258, 288, 344, 387, 516, 688, 774, 1032, 1376, 1548, 2064, 3096, 4128, 6192, and 12384. Furthermore, the greatest perfect square on this list is 144 and the square root of 144 is 12. Therefore, A equals 12.

B = Calculate 12384 divided by the greatest perfect square from the list of all factors of 12384. We determined above that the greatest perfect square from the list of all factors of 12384 is 144. Furthermore, 12384 divided by 144 is 86, therefore B equals 86.

Now we have A and B and can get our answer to 12384 in its simplest radical form as follows:

√12384 = A√B

√12384 = 12√86

Double Prime Factor Method
The Double Prime Factor Method uses the prime factors of 12384 to simplify the square root of 12384 to its simplest form possible. This is how to calculate A and B using this method:

A = Multiply all the double prime factors (pairs) of 12384 and then take the square root of that product. The prime factors that multiply together to make 12384 are 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 43. When we strip out the pairs only, we get 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 = 144 and the square root of 144 is 12. Therefore, A equals 12.

B = Divide 12384 by the number (A) squared. 12 squared is 144 and 12384 divided by 144 is 86. Therefore, B equals 86.

Once again we have A and B and can get our answer to 12384 in its simplest radical form as follows:

√12384 = A√B

√12384 = 12√86

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