Question: what is the formula for working out the square root of a number?
Answer: Try it: +2 × +2 = 4 and -2 × -2 = 4. Since a square root of a number must equal that number when multiplied by itself. When you multiply this number by itself, and set it up as a full equation ( n * n = x ), the two factors (n and n) are either both positive or both negative since they are the same number.