Mathematics
Grade-8
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Question

Mr. Cleaves wrote four irrational numbers on the SMART board and asked Saul to choose the number closest to 4. Which irrational number should Saul choose?

  1. square root of 8
  2. square root of 17
  3. square root of 12
  4. square root of 10

hintHint:

Compare the values of the given irrational numbers and then find the number that is closer to 4.

The correct answer is: square root of 17


    *Rational and Irrational numbers both are real numbers but different with respect to their properties. A rational number is the one which can be represented in the form of P/Q where P and Q are integers and Q ≠ 0. But an irrational number cannot be written in the form of simple fractions.
    >>>>Given That:
                               Mr. Cleaves wrote four irrational numbers on the SMART board and asked Saul to choose the number closest to 4. Which irrational number should Saul choose?
    >>>We were asked to find the number that is close to 4.
    >>> square root of 8 space spaceis less than 3 and square root of 10 is just greater than 3. Hence, these are neglected.
    >>>square root of 17 is greater than 4 and square root of 12 is less than 4.
    >>>Hence, on comparison of square root of 17 and  square root of 12 we can say that square root of 17 is closer to 4.

    square root of 8 space space>square root of 10>square root of 12>square root of 17.

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