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W5 - Rational and Irrational Numbers

This worksheet covers rational and irrational numbers. It contains 15 multiple-choice and short-answer questions to test students' understanding of: 1) Differentiating between rational and irrational numbers and justifying the classification. 2) Expressing rational numbers as fractions and vice versa. 3) Rationalizing denominators of expressions. Questions involve finding and representing rational numbers, identifying irrational numbers, expressing numbers in fractional and decimal forms, and performing operations on rational and irrational numbers.

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W5 - Rational and Irrational Numbers

This worksheet covers rational and irrational numbers. It contains 15 multiple-choice and short-answer questions to test students' understanding of: 1) Differentiating between rational and irrational numbers and justifying the classification. 2) Expressing rational numbers as fractions and vice versa. 3) Rationalizing denominators of expressions. Questions involve finding and representing rational numbers, identifying irrational numbers, expressing numbers in fractional and decimal forms, and performing operations on rational and irrational numbers.

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  • Worksheet Overview and Problems 1-6: Introduces the learning outcomes for the worksheet, focusing on differentiating between rational and irrational numbers, followed by the first set of practice problems.
  • Problems 7-17: Continues with additional mathematics problems emphasizing rational numbers, decimal form conversions, and justifications.

WEEKEND WORKSHEET (W-5) – Rational & Irrational Numbers

GRADE IX (IGCSE), EXTENDED MATHEMATICS – 0580

Learning outcomes: Total points: 70


• Differentiating a rational and an irrational number
• Expressing rational numbers in the form of p/q and vice-versa.
• Rationalizing the denominator of an expression

1. Aadit and Susan had an argument on the classification of numbers as rational or irrational.
Help them resolve their argument by giving proper justification. [5]
Aadit Susan Who is Justification
correct?
̅
1.23 is ̅
1.23 is rational
irrational
1.313131… is 1.313131… is
irrational irrational
0.999123456… 0.999123456…
is irrational is irrational
All natural All natural
numbers are numbers are
real not real
3.020020002 3.020020002 is
is a rational an irrational
number number
1 2
2. Find two rational numbers between and . [2]
9 9

3. Find 5 rational numbers between 0.1 and 0. 1̇2̇ [5]

2 1
4. Find a rational number that does not lie between − 𝑎𝑛𝑑 − [1]
3 5

5. Find two irrational numbers between 2.5 and 2.6̅ [2]

6. Represent the whole numbers given by 2< x< 5 on the number line. [2]
7. Represent two rational numbers by 4< x< 7 on the number line. [2]

8. Find 6 rational numbers between 0 and 0.1 [6]

9. Express the following rational numbers in decimal form [5]


1 3 3 200 3.142
a) b) c) 3 d) e)
3 7 5 750 4

𝑝
10. Express the following in the form of [20]
𝑞
a) 0. 3̅ b) 0. 7̅ ̅̅̅̅
c) 0. 35 ̅̅̅̅
d) 0. 98 e) 0. 47̅
̅̅̅̅
f) 3.25 g) 4.27̅ h) 1.003̅ i) 3.256̅ j) 4.234
̅̅̅̅

11. Give examples to show that [5]


a) The sum of a rational number and irrational number is irrational
b) The product of two different irrational numbers is rational.
c) The quotient of two irrational numbers is rational.
d) The difference of two irrational numbers is irrational.
e) The product of a rational and irrational number is irrational.

12 . Check whether 3.142678 is rational or irrational. Justify your answer. [1]

13. Rationalise the denominator for the following [7]

a) b)

14. Show that 0.23555… can be expressed in the form p/q, where p and q are integers and
q≠ 0. [2]

̅̅̅̅ + 1.27̅ in the form of p/q (Do you think you should add the expanded
15. Express 0.38
𝑝
forms or convert each to form before adding?) [5]
𝑞

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WEEKEND WORKSHEET (W-5) – Rational & Irrational Numbers GRADE IX (IGCSE), EXTENDED MATHEMATICS – 0580 Learning outcomes:
7. Represent two rational numbers by 4< x< 7 on the number line. [2] 8. Find 6 rational numbers between 0

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