How to find square roots on paper

[Guest]

what steps do i take to find the square root of a number

 

[DOR]

=SQRT(A1)

or

=A1^0.5

 

[MrShorty]

Dr. Math describes a bisection method, Newton's method, and a "longhand
division" method for calculating square roots without a
calculator/computer.
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/sets/select/dm_sqrt_nocalc.html