You are proably asking for the square root of 2.5 well this is a form of mental gymnastic's which can be done by a calculator these are like multiplication tables you have meorize them to complete them with out a calculator where you round them is your choice but the answer 1.58113883
Which is rounded to the hundreth milloth. value.
Using the calculator on this website
Using the syntax you have written:
sqrt(3.7)-1.2 = 0.7235384061671345
But MAYBE you MEANT:
sqrt(3.7-1.2) = 1.5811388300841897