What is the opposite of squaring a number?

The opposite of squaring a number is finding the square root of a number. The square root of a number is a value that, when multiplied by itself, gives the original number. In mathematical terms, if (x) is the square root of a number (y), then (x \times x = y).

For example, the square root of 9 is 3 because 3 * 3 = 9. Similarly, the square root of 16 is 4 because 4 * 4 = 16.

Square roots can be either positive or negative, since any positive number has two square roots, one positive and one negative. The square root of a negative number is not a real number, but a complex number.