Operations With Irrational Numbers

1+√3

• rational

• irrational

√2+√4

• rational

• irrational

• rational number

• Irrational Number

• Rational Number

• Irrational Number

Is the result rational or irrational? Explain.

• Rational; The sum of two rationals is always rational.

• Irrational; The sum of a rational and an irrational is always irrational.

• Rational; The product of two rationals is always rational.

• Irrational; The product of a nonzero rational and an irrational is always irrational.

Is the result rational or irrational? Explain.

• Rational; The sum of two rationals is always rational.

• Irrational; The sum of a rational and an irrational is always irrational.

• Rational; The product of two rationals is always rational.

• Irrational; The product of a nonzero rational and an irrational is always irrational.

Is the result rational or irrational? Explain.

• Rational; The sum of two rationals is always rational.

• Sometimes rational, sometimes irrational; The sum of two irrationals is sometimes rational, sometimes irrational.

• Rational; The product of two rationals is always rational.

• Sometimes rational, sometimes irrational; The product of two irrationals is sometimes rational, sometimes irrational

Is the result rational or irrational? Explain.

• Rational; The sum of two rationals is always rational.

• Irrational; The sum of a rational and an irrational is always irrational.

• Rational; The product of two rationals is always rational.

• Irrational; The product of a nonzero rational and an irrational is always irrational.

Is the result rational or irrational? Explain.

• Rational; The sum of two rationals is always rational.

• Irrational; The sum of a rational and an irrational is always irrational.

• Rational; The product of two rationals is always rational.

• Irrational; The product of a nonzero rational and an irrational is always irrational.

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

• Always true

• Sometimes true

• Never true