Hit the Target

Students build on their work with square roots, fractions, and decimal representations to learn about a new mathematical idea: irrational numbers.

By Desmos Classroom

Learning goals: Learning Goals • Understand that rational numbers are defined as numbers that can be written as a fraction of two integers. • Understand that numbers that are not rational are called irrational, and that `\sqrt{2}` is an example of an irrational number. Materials • Blank paper