SOLUTION: is 2.040506 a rational or irrational number? I think that it is a irrational number. is this right?

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Question 5853: is 2.040506 a rational or irrational number?
I think that it is a irrational number. is this right?

Answer by CharStar(110)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Yes, you are correct. The irrational number are numbers that can be written as decimasl whose digits continue on without terminating or repeating a patters, such as pi (3.14159) or square root of 2 (1.414213). Remember that not all square roots are irrational number, square root 25 = 5.

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