Monday, August 8, 2016

Mathematics

Irrational Numbers

An Irrational Number is a real number that cannot be written as a simple fraction.
Irrational means not Rational
Examples:

Rational Numbers

OK. A Rational Number can be written as a Ratio of two integers (ie a simple fraction).
Example: 1.5 is rational, because it can be written as the ratio 3/2
Example: 7 is rational, because it can be written as the ratio 7/1
Example 0.333... (3 repeating) is also rational, because it can be written as the ratio 1/3

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