Simplify Square Root of 21728

Here we will show you two methods that you can use to simplify the square root of 21728. In other words, we will show you how to find the square root of 21728 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.

√21728 = A√B

Greatest Perfect Square Factor Method
The Greatest Perfect Square Factor Method uses the greatest perfect square factor of 21728 to simplify the square root of 21728. 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 21728. The factors of 21728 are 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 32, 56, 97, 112, 194, 224, 388, 679, 776, 1358, 1552, 2716, 3104, 5432, 10864, and 21728. Furthermore, the greatest perfect square on this list is 16 and the square root of 16 is 4. Therefore, A equals 4.

B = Calculate 21728 divided by the greatest perfect square from the list of all factors of 21728. We determined above that the greatest perfect square from the list of all factors of 21728 is 16. Furthermore, 21728 divided by 16 is 1358, therefore B equals 1358.

Now we have A and B and can get our answer to 21728 in its simplest radical form as follows:

√21728 = A√B

√21728 = 4√1358

Double Prime Factor Method
The Double Prime Factor Method uses the prime factors of 21728 to simplify the square root of 21728 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 21728 and then take the square root of that product. The prime factors that multiply together to make 21728 are 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 7 x 97. When we strip out the pairs only, we get 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 16 and the square root of 16 is 4. Therefore, A equals 4.

B = Divide 21728 by the number (A) squared. 4 squared is 16 and 21728 divided by 16 is 1358. Therefore, B equals 1358.

Once again we have A and B and can get our answer to 21728 in its simplest radical form as follows:

√21728 = A√B

√21728 = 4√1358

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