Rationals and Irrationals

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.

• 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.

Which of the following is true?

• All integers are rational numbers.

• A number can be both rational and irrational.

• All rational numbers are integers.

• When written as a decimal, an irrational number repeats.

• sometimes

• always

• never

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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.