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The expression is $\"\"$ .

The perfect square less than 250 is 225.

The perfect square greater than 250 is 256.

The compound inequality is $\"\"$ .

$\"\"$ (Identify perfect squares closest to 250)

$\"\"$ (Take positive square root of each side)

$\"\"$ (Write 225 as $\"\"$ and 256 as $\"\"$ )

$\"\"$ (Cancel squares and roots)

256 is closer to 250 than to 225, so the nearest integer, $\"\"$ .

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The square root to the nearest integer is $\"\"$ .