Exploring Irrational Square Roots

What type of number do you get when you take the square root of a non-perfect square?

• Rational number

• Irrational number

• Integer

• Whole number

Which of the following is an example of an irrational number?

• Square root of 4

• Square root of 17

• Square root of 9

• Square root of 16

What is an integer?

• A number with a decimal

• A whole number that can be positive, negative, or zero

• A fraction

• A number that repeats

Which of the following is NOT an integer?

• 3

• 0

• 2.5

• -2

What does 'consecutive' mean?

• Numbers that are the same

• Numbers that are in a sequence without any gaps

• Numbers that are multiples of each other

• Numbers that are prime

Which of the following pairs are consecutive integers?

• 5 and 7

• 8 and 10

• 3 and 4

• 1 and 3

If a number is between 5 and 6 on a number line, which of the following could it be?

• 4.9

• 5.5

• 6.1

• 4.5

The square root of 34 is approximately 5.83. Between which two integers does it lie?

• 7 and 8

• 5 and 6

• 4 and 5

• 6 and 7

The square root of 85 is approximately 9.22. Between which two integers does it lie?

• 8 and 9

• 9 and 10

• 10 and 11

• 11 and 12

The square root of 261 is approximately 16.16. Between which two integers does it lie?

• 15 and 16

• 18 and 19

• 16 and 17

• 17 and 18