Select the correct description for each number:

Question

options:

a) 8 over 9 is _____ and a ____________ decimal.

b) √49 is _____ and a _____________ decimal.

c) -0.071625... is ___________ and a decimal.

d) 14 is ______ and a _________ decimal.

e) -0.030303... is __________ and a _________ decimal.

(using rational and irrational & repeating, terminating, non-terminating & non-repeating)

Answer 1

Here are the correct descriptions for each number:

a) 8 over 9 is rational and a repeating decimal.

b) √49 is rational and a terminating decimal (since √49 = 7).

c) -0.071625... is rational and a non-terminating decimal (because it does not repeat).

d) 14 is rational and a terminating decimal (since it can be expressed as 14.0).

e) -0.030303... is rational and a repeating decimal.