Rational numbers whose square roots are whole numbers are themselves whole numbers. They are called square numbers, e.g. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25 and so on.
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No, not all square roots are rational numbers. A rational number is a number that can be expressed as a fraction where the numerator and denominator are integers and the denominator is not zero. Square roots that are perfect squares, such as √4 or √9, are rational numbers because they can be expressed as whole numbers. However, square roots of non-perfect squares, such as √2 or √3, are irrational numbers because they cannot be expressed as a simple fraction.
The square roots of 50 are irrational numbers. You cannot turn irrational numbers into fractions, which are rational numbers.
any number (including fractions, square roots and Pi) that are not 0 and are not square roots of negative numbers.
No. Square roots of whole numbers that don't result in whole numbers (e.g. the square root of 64 is 8), are considered to be "irrational numbers".
The square root of 16 is rational. The answer would be 4, so, yes; they can be rational.