Question

How do you divide `sqrt(144)/sqrt(36)`?

Answer 1

You should be able to do this without a calculator!

There are two ways:

(1)
If you see that `144=12^2` and `36=6^2` then

`sqrt144/sqrt36=sqrt12^2/sqrt6^2=12/6=2`

(2)

`sqrt144/sqrt36=sqrt(144/36)=sqrt4=2`