Irrationality and Real Numbers
Defining irrational numbers and understanding how they fill the gaps on the number line to create the set of real numbers.
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Defining irrational numbers and understanding how they fill the gaps on the number line to create the set of real numbers.
Key Questions
- Explain why it is impossible to express the square root of two as a simple fraction.
- Analyze how the existence of irrational numbers changes our definition of a continuous number line.
- Differentiate between non-terminating non-recurring decimals and periodic decimals.
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