9 Questions
Which of the following statements is true regarding rational and irrational numbers?
Every whole number is a rational number.
Who were the first to discover irrational numbers?
Pythagoreans
Which of the following is an irrational number?
sqrt(2)
What makes a number irrational?
It cannot be written in the form a/b where a and b are integers.
What are some examples of irrational numbers?
$rac{22}{7}, rac{355}{113}, rac{99}{70}$
Which ancient mathematician and philosopher had followers who discovered irrational numbers?
Pythagoras
What type of numbers cannot be expressed as a ratio of integers?
$\sqrt{3}$
In the context of numbers, what does it mean if a number is 'irrational'?
$\sqrt{2}$
$\sqrt{5}$ belongs to which category of numbers?
Irrational Numbers
Test your knowledge on rational numbers, which are numbers that can be expressed as a ratio of two integers. Learn about the collection of rational numbers denoted by Q and its relation to quotients and ratios.
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