How to solve the inequality $x^2>10$ using square roots?

Sketch the graph of $x^2$ (it's a parabola opening upwards with vertex in $(0,0)$) and sketch the line $y=10$.

They intersect in $x=-\sqrt{10}$ and $x=\sqrt{10}$, and the sketch immediately gives the solution to the inequality:

$$x<-\sqrt{10} \vee x>\sqrt{10}$$

Using $a^2 - b^2 = (a+b)(a-b)$, we get $(x-\sqrt{10})(x+\sqrt{10}) > 0$, which mean $x+\sqrt{10}$ and $x-\sqrt{10}$ have the same sign

Another (perhaps more systematic?) approach:

$$x^2 > 10 \Leftrightarrow |x| > \sqrt{10} \Leftrightarrow x > +\sqrt{10}\ \lor\ x < -\sqrt{10}$$