Rational or Irrational? Level 1
Rational or Irrational? Level 2
What does this mean?
True or False
Which of the following are rational?
100

Is 2 rational or irrational?

Rational

100

Is

sqrt(8)

 rational or irrational?

Irrational
100

What does it mean for a decimal to terminate? Give an example.

A terminating decimal is a decimal that ends.

Example: 1.75

100

The sum of two rational numbers is always rational.

True

100

D

200

Is pi rational or irrational?

Irrational

200

Is

sqrt(2)*sqrt(2)

 rational or irrational?

Rational

200

What does it mean for a decimal to have a pattern? Give an example.

It means that there is a repeating set of numbers after the decimal place. example: 1.343434343434

200

The sum of two irrational numbers is always rational.

False.

200

C

300

Is sqrt(2)  rational or irrational? 

Irrational

300

Is

sqrt(2)*(sqrt(2)+sqrt(8))

 rational or irrational?

Rational

300

What does it mean to square something? Give an example.

To multiply it by itself. 22=2*2=4

300

The product of a rational number and another rational number is always rational.

True

300

A

400

Is 1.456 rational or irrational?

Rational

400

Is

sqrt(3)*(sqrt(3)+sqrt(5))

 rational or irrational?

Irrational

400

What are the prime factors of a number? For example, what are the prime factors of 8?

Prime factors are any of the prime numbers that can be multiplied to give the original number. The prime factors of 8 are 2, 2, and 2.

400

The sum of a rational number and an irrational number is always irrational.

True

400

A

500

Is

sqrt(16)

 rational or irrational?

Rational

500

Is

0*sqrt(3)

 rational or irrational?

Rational

500

Why is

pi

 an irrational number?

Because it is a decimal that never ends and does not repeat

500

The product of two irrational numbers is always irrational.

False


500

C