Question

which statement about the product is true?
5.643 x 4.66
irrational
neither rational nor irrational
cannot be determined
rational

Answer 1

irrational right?
answer is 26.29638

Answer 2

Rational numbers are those which can be written as fractions. For eg. 1.5=3/2

Irrational numbers are those which cannot be written as fractions. For eg. 0.333 = ??

Does this help answer your question?

Answer 3

irrational has infinite decimals and it cannot be represented by an integer fraction

Answer 4

hmm

Answer 5

this is rational

Answer 6

as there is a finite number of decimals , this can be represented as a fraction

Answer 7

so what would 26.30 be in fraction form?

Answer 8

Do you think we can convert 26.29638 to a fraction?

Answer 9

for example
26.29638
=26296238/10000

Answer 10

Fraction form looks like this a/b . 26.30 is not in a fraction form

Answer 11

can u tell me what 0.30 is in fraction form

Answer 12

wait

Answer 13

so 1.5 is equal to 3/2

Answer 14

that is true

Answer 15

but 0.333
is...

Answer 16

.333 is 1/3.

Answer 17

here okay let me help u understand decimals a bit

Answer 18

yes

Answer 19

vurrify u r doing it again

Answer 20

keep in mid it is almost 12 am im really tired

Answer 21

@518nad Just wanted to finish those dots. :)

Answer 22

><

Answer 23

ok back on track peeps XD

Answer 24

okay let me help you understand decimals its much easier than u think okay

Answer 25

so take a look at any number lets say
123.12

Answer 26

every place of a number of telling u some unit of 10^n

Answer 27

for example in
123.45
you have 3 in 1s place
2 in 10s place
1 in 100s place
4 in 1/10s place
5 in 1/100s place

Answer 28

have you ever seen something like this before?

Answer 29

yep

Answer 30

okay so any number you see can be written as a sum of these things

Answer 31

26.30 means
you have
6 in 1s place
2 in 10s place
3in 1/10s place
0 in 1/100s place

Answer 32

yeah

Answer 33

so u have
6*1 + 2*10 + 3 *1/10 + 0 * 1/100

Answer 34

i understand decimals

Answer 35

can you add these fractions together

Answer 36

but this is helping actually

Answer 37

xD

Answer 38

can you try to focus please

Answer 39

I am not misleading you, im telling you how to get to your solution

Answer 40

so i got 26.3

Answer 41

26.30
2in 10s place
6 in 1s place
3 in 1/10s

so you have 2 of 10, 6 of 1 and 3 of 1/10

2*10 + 6*1 +3 *1/10 = ??

Answer 42

do not use calculator use your fraction addition skills

Answer 43

dangit

Answer 44

2x10=20
6x1= 6
3x1/10 = 0.3
26..3

Answer 45

keep it as a fraction buddy throw away decimals

Answer 46

3*1/10 = 3/10

Answer 47

what is
26 + 3/10

Answer 48

26/1 + 3/10

Answer 49

we need common denominator to add fractions

Answer 50

ok

Answer 51

can you
find this
26/1 = ___/10
what goes in the blank

Answer 52

3?

Answer 53

nono i just wanna rewrite 26/1 as a denominator with 10 now

Answer 54

so that we can add it to 3/10

Answer 55

so should we divide 26 / 10?

Answer 56

that is no longer the same as 26/1 though is it

Answer 57

look we want to add these 2
26/1 + 3/10
but they dont have same denominator
we need to express 26 in another way with 10 as denominator

Answer 58

260/10 = 26/1

Answer 59

oooohh

Answer 60

i feel dumb :/
keep goin though

Answer 61

mhm now
26/1 + 3/10
=260/10+3/10
=263/10

Answer 62

its okay you just gotta understand fractions

Answer 63

now we have 263/10

Answer 64

right which is 26.3

Answer 65

yep

Answer 66

-.-

Answer 67

what?

Answer 68

i am so not happy with this rn... u really need to learn fractions

Answer 69

i dont even know if u realize you have the answer there

Answer 70

i have really no idea how to do fractions
my teachers never really tought me

Answer 71

okay ill help you out a bit fractions are really nice to learn, it will make math fun and easy

Answer 72

ok youre the boss

Answer 73

okay you need to understand 2 or 3 main things to really get fractions

Answer 74

alright

Answer 75

what a whole is, and what it makes to take parts of wholes, and how we can think about adding parts.

2nd is understanding fraction to decimal conversion

Answer 76

fractions when the denominator is some power of 10 can rewritten as a decimal

Answer 77

and you need to understand what equivalent fractions are and why they are equal

and thats pretty much everything

Answer 78

ok