row on the square root bone, 16, is read and the number is set on the board as follows. The current number on the board is 12. The first digit of 16 is added to 12, and the second digit of 16 is appended to the result. So the board should be set to: → append 6 → 136 Note: If the second column of the square root bone has only one digit, this is appended to the current number on the board. The board and intermediate calculations now look like this. Once again, the row with the largest value less than the current partial remainder, 5453, is found. This time, it is the third row with 4089. The next digit of the square root is 3. The same steps as before are repeated and 4089 is subtracted from the current remainder, 5453, to get 1364 as the next remainder. When the board is rearranged, the second column of the square root bone is 6, a single digit. So 6 is appended to the current number on the board, 136, to leave 1366 on the board. 136 → append 6 → 1366 The process is repeated again. Now, the largest value on the board smaller than the current remainder, 136499, is 123021 from the ninth row. The value of every row often doesn't need to be found to get the answer. The row that has the answer may be guessed by looking at the number on the first few bones and comparing it with the first few digits of the remainder. But the diagrams show the value of all rows to make it understandable. 9 is appended to the result and 123021 is subtracted from the current remainder. If all the digits have been used, and a remainder is left, then the integer part is solved, but a fractional bit still needs to be found. If the integer part is solved, the current result squared () must be the largest perfect square smaller than 46785899. This idea is used later on to understand how the technique works, but more digits can be generated. Similar to finding the fractional portion in long division, two zeros are appended to the remainder to get the new remainder 1347800. The second column of the ninth row of the square root bone is 18 and the current number on the board is 1366. → append