Determine if √25 is rational or irrational and give a reason for your answer.

Question

The number √25 is because

Answer 1

The number \( \sqrt{25} \) is rational.

The reason for this is that \( \sqrt{25} \) equals \( 5 \), which is an integer. Since all integers are also rational numbers (as they can be expressed as a fraction with a denominator of 1, such as \( \frac{5}{1} \)), \( \sqrt{25} \) is classified as a rational number.