Radicals Rationals Act Questions

√24

• 4√6

• 2√6

• 6√2

• 2√12

• x = 49
• x = 53
• x = 45
• x = 18

• x = -6
• x = 3
• x = -3
• x = 5±

Question 9

• No solutions

• 2

• 1

• -4

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.

• 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.

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.

• 7

• 5

• -7

• -5