Question

Square roots and Cube roots can be rational or irrational. The square root of a __________ square is always irrational. The square root of a _________ square is a rational, whole number. This means that square root 36 is__________ and square root 10 is_______.

rational
irrational
perfect
non-perfect

Answer 1

The square root of a **non-perfect** square is always irrational. The square root of a **perfect** square is a rational, whole number. This means that square root of 36 is **rational** and square root of 10 is **irrational**.