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The square root of a positive whole number, N, is a number which, when multiplied by itself equals N. If N = 0 then the square root is also 0. If N is greater than 0 there will be two such numbers: one positive and the other its negative equivalent. If N is a perfect square the square roots will, themselves, be whole numbers. Otherwise, they will be Irrational Numbers.
If N is a whole number less than 0 then there are no real square roots. Although there are square roots in the complex field, the fact that you ask this question is indicative that you are not yet ready to tackle complex numbers.
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Is the square root of 82 irrational?
Yes. The square root of any whole number that is not a perfect square is irrational.
What two whole numbers is square root of 110?
The square root of 110 is an irrational number and so it cannot be any two whole numbers.
What is a rational number whose square root is a whole number?
If the square root is a whole number, then the square of the square root, the original number, is also a whole number; all whole numbers can be expressed as themselves over 1, and so are rational numbers. The answer is thus any square number, ie the square of the natural numbers: 1 (1²), 4 (2²), 9 (3²), 16 (4²), etc.
Is the square root of any whole number an integer ar an irrational number?
Some square roots of whole numbers are integers, some of them are irrational numbers. The square root of four for instance is a rational number, 2. The square root of two however is an irrational number, approximately 1.414211356.
Is the square root of 14 rational or irrational number?
Search for the proof for the irrationality of the square root of 2. The same reasoning applies to any positive integer that is not a perfect square. In summary, the square root of any positive integer is either a whole number, or - as in this case - it is irrational.
