1. Answer True or False. The sum of two irrational numbers is always irrational.

Ans: False Difficulty Level: Easy Section Objectives: Irrational numbers

2. Answer True or False. The sum of any irrational number with any rational number is
always irrational.
Ans: True Difficulty Level: Easy Section Objectives: Irrational numbers

3. Answer True or False. The division of an irrational number and a non-zero rational
number is irrational.
Ans: True Difficulty Level: Easy Section Objectives: Irrational numbers

4. Answer True or False. The square of an irrational number is always rational.

Ans: False Difficulty Level: Easy Section Objectives: Rational Numbers

5. Which of the following alternatives corresponds to an irrational number?

A) 10, 000 B) 361 C) 19.36 D) 10
Ans: D Difficulty Level: Easy Section Objectives: Irrational numbers

6. Which of the following expressions always represents an irrational number?

A) a , where a is an odd number
B) p , where p is a prime number
2
C) b , where b is an irrational number
D) c + d, where c and d are irrational numbers
Ans: B Difficulty Level: Hard Section Objectives: Irrational numbers

7. Given the irrational number A  4  5 , find a number B such that A + B = 6.

Ans: 2  5
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Irrational numbers

8. Given the irrational number A  5  5 , find a number B such that A + B = 10  2 5 .

Ans: 5  5
Difficulty Level: Hard Section Objectives: Irrational numbers

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9. The number is an irrational number.
4
Ans: True Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Irrational numbers

10. Fill in the blank.

 _____  5   1 3 5   4 5
Ans: -1
Difficulty Level: Easy Section Objectives: Irrational numbers

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11. Fill in the blanks.

 4.7  7    _____  _____ 7   18.3  39.1 7
Part A: 13.6
Part B: 38.1
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Irrational numbers

12. Let A  19  43 and B  5  43 . Find a number C such that A + B + C equals 10.

Ans: 5  19  2 43
Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Irrational numbers

13. Let A  11  29 and B  5  11 . Find a number C such that A + B + C equals

2  10 29 .
Ans: –3  9 29  2 11
Difficulty Level: Hard Section Objectives: Irrational numbers

14. Let A  6  3 . Find a number B such that A + B is irrational.

A) 4 B) 6  2 3 C) 6  29 D) All of them
Ans: D Difficulty Level: Hard Section Objectives: Irrational numbers

15. Let A  1.78  7 . Find a number B such that A + B is rational.

1.78
A) 1.78  7 B) 1.78  7 C) D) 7
7
Ans: B Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Rational Numbers

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16. Find an irrational number A such that is a positive rational number.
A
A) 31 B) 21 C)  7 D) None of them
Ans: D Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Rational Numbers

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17. Find the smallest positive number b such that 10  b 2 is rational.
Ans: 2
Difficulty Level: Hard Section Objectives: Irrational numbers

18. For which values of a does the expression 13a correspond to a rational number?
A) 0, 1 B) -13, 13 C) 0, 13 D) 1, 13
Ans: C Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Rational Numbers

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19. Let A  5  23 . Find an irrational number B such that the product AB is rational
A) 23 B) 5 C) 5  23 D) 6  23
Ans: C Difficulty Level: Easy Section Objectives: Irrational numbers

20. Let A  2.6  7 . Find an irrational number B such that the product AB is rational
A) 2.6  7 B) 2.6  2 7 C) 2.6  2 7 D) 7
Ans: A Difficulty Level: Medium Section Objectives: Rational Numbers

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