document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=398214>Question 398214</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I've been taught that an irrational number is a number where the decimal neither terminates or repeats.  Is there a standard for how many decimals should be looked at before it is deemed irrational?  Or, is there a rule I can follow to more easily figure that out?  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks in advance for your help. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #282301 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><B>Alan3354(69443)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Alan3354><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=282301\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I don't know of a standard.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Some numbers, such as pi, are thought to be irrational and have been checked to 2 million digits (maybe more), but there's no proof that it won't start to repeat at some point.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is it you want to figure out?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I checked on google, found this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The record for the number of digits of pi calculated is held by a 55-year-old Japanese programmer.  A program writte by Shieguru Kondo calculated 5 trillion digits of pi, taking 90 days. </SPAN>\n" );
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