Between which two consecutive whole numbers does square root of, 17, lie? Fill out the sentence below to justify your answer and use your mouse to drag square root of, 17,

to an approximately correct location on the number line.

The square root of 17 lies between whole numbers 4 and 5. This is because the square root of 16 is 4 (4^2=16) and the square root of 25 is 5 (5^2=25). Since 17 is closer to 16 than 25, the square root of 17 would be closer to 4 than 5.