Exploring Rational and Irrational Numbers

Is the square root of 9 greater, less, or equal to Pi?

• Cannot be determined

• Equal

• Less

• Greater

What is the square root of 36 compared to 6.5?

• Greater

• Cannot be determined

• Less

• Equal

How does five tenths compare to the square root of one?

• Cannot be determined

• Equal

• Greater

• Less

What symbol is used to indicate a number is less than another?

• =

• !=

• >

• <

What is the square root of 80 approximately equal to?

• 8.5

• 8.94

• 7.87

• 9

Which number is the least in the set including the square root of negative 13?

• -4

• Negative root 13

• -3.5

• -3

Find a number between 2.2 and the square root of 5.

• 2.25

• 2.22

• 2.23

• 2.21

What is an irrational number smaller than all numbers in part A?

• 2

• Square root of 2

• 1.53721...

• Pi

Which is the smallest number in the set including the square root of 50?

• Square root of 42

• 7.07

• 6

• 6.5

Find a rational number smaller than all the numbers in part A of the last section.

• 0

• -2/3

• Pi

• 1