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The times plus method.... is where a mixed number.... for example, to get the improper fraction of 3 1/4, you multiply 4 and three, and add that number with 1. (try writing it on a piece of paper, times between the whole number and denominator, and a plus between the whole number and the numerator.) anyway we are going to use the reverse for this.
SO the numerator is 17, and 17 is divisible by 5..... 3 times (u get where I'm going??) and there's 2 left over so...... the answer for that one should be 3 2/5
Since 3 x 5= 15+2 is 17 ;)))
Moving ON for the one....pick like 15 or 16 to be the denominator.... and subtract the 15 or 16 from 17, and the number you get is your numerator...
SO the numerator is 17, and 17 is divisible by 5..... 3 times (u get where I'm going??) and there's 2 left over so...... the answer for that one should be 3 2/5
Since 3 x 5= 15+2 is 17 ;)))
Moving ON for the one....pick like 15 or 16 to be the denominator.... and subtract the 15 or 16 from 17, and the number you get is your numerator...
1)
An irrational number is a number that a) can't be written as a fraction of two whole numbers AND b) is an infinite decimal without any sort of pattern.
For the first answer choice, clearly
does not pass the first criterion so we look at the second choice.
Let's come back to
and 
.
doesn't meet our first criterion, and let's skip 
for now.
It is often easier to disprove an irrational number than to prove one. There are a few famous irrationals to know (although there is an infinite number of irrationals). The most common are
. For now, it's just helpful to know these and recognize them.
So we can check off
and .
2)
For this next question, we know that
. Clearly this isn't irrational. Likewise, 
isn't irrational. 
, which is rational, leaving only 
. By process of elimination, this is the correct answer. Indeed, 
is an irrational number.
3) This notation means that we have 0.3636363636... and so on, to an infinite number of digits. It is called a repeating decimal.
But it can be written as a fraction because its pattern repeats, unlike for an irrational number.
Let's say
. Would you agree that 
? (We choose to multiply by 100 because there are two decimals that repeat. For 1, choose 10, for 3 choose 1,000, and so on.)
Now, let's subtract x from 100x and solve.
Voila!
An irrational number is a number that a) can't be written as a fraction of two whole numbers AND b) is an infinite decimal without any sort of pattern.
For the first answer choice, clearly
Let's come back to
It is often easier to disprove an irrational number than to prove one. There are a few famous irrationals to know (although there is an infinite number of irrationals). The most common are
So we can check off
2)
For this next question, we know that
3) This notation means that we have 0.3636363636... and so on, to an infinite number of digits. It is called a repeating decimal.
But it can be written as a fraction because its pattern repeats, unlike for an irrational number.
Let's say
Now, let's subtract x from 100x and solve.
Voila!