{"id":1877,"count":1,"description":"An irrational number simply can\u2019t be expressed as a rational number. In other words, it can\u2019t be expressed as a fraction of two integers (x) and (y). An irrational number\u2019s decimal expansion is neither recurring nor finite - it just goes on forever. Common irrational numbers are \u03c0 (3.14...) and e (2.718...). Surds are another type of irrational number - they are non-perfect cubes or squares that can\u2019t be reduced further to remove a cube root or square root. For example, \u221a2 is an irrational number because it cannot be expressed as a rational number. However, \u221a4 is a rational number because it can be expressed as 2\/2 (two over two)","link":"https:\/\/www.difference101.com\/tag\/irrational-number\/","name":"Irrational Number","slug":"irrational-number","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":1877,"de":3679},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.difference101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/1877"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.difference101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.difference101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.difference101.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=1877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}