Questions and Answers
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?
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What are some examples of irrational numbers?
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Which ancient mathematician and philosopher had followers who discovered irrational numbers?
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What type of numbers cannot be expressed as a ratio of integers?
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In the context of numbers, what does it mean if a number is 'irrational'?
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$\sqrt{5}$ belongs to which category of numbers?
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