Question

Between which two consecutive integers is the negative square root of 5

Answer 1

-2 and -3

Explanation:

So in a simple way we can look at it as what is square root of positive 5.

This is between 2 and 3 but since we are looking for Negative 3, our answer is between -2 and -3

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Answer: Between the numbers -2 and -3

Explanation:

The negative square root of 5 will be slightly greater than 2 because the square root of 4 is 2 and 5 is greater than 2. The negative square root of 5 will not be greater than -3 because 3 squared is 9. So it has to be between -2 and -3.