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Is the square root of 2.56 rational or irrational?
The square root of 2.56 is rational. This is because 2.56 can be expressed as 256/100, which simplifies to 64/25. The square root of 64 is 8 and the square root of 25 is 5, so the square root of 2.56 is 8/5, which is a rational number.
Is the square root of a positive number an irrational number?
Sometimes the square root of a positive number can be irrational, as in the square root of 2 (which is a non-perfect square number), but sometimes it is a rational number, as in the square root of 25 (which is a perfect square number).
What are examples of irrational numbers?
An example is the square root of a number. Ex: square root of 2. This is 1 example, not the main one. Any cube root or square root which doesn't give a perfect number is an irrational number. Ex; square root and cube root of 5, since their answer will be 2.24 and 1.70 which are not perfect numbers like square roots of 25 and 64 or cube roots of 27 and 216.
Are radical expressions irrational?
If the value applied in the radical is not a perfect square, it is irrational. 25; 400; and 625 are perfect squares and are rational when applied in a radical.
Is 0.56 a rational or irrational number?
Rational. It's the ratio of 14 to 25 .
