lesson
Closure Properties of Number Sets
Determine which operations close each subset of the real numbers and explain why.

Determine which operations close each subset of the real numbers and explain why.
Upgrade to unlock this lesson, practice questions, and your personal tutor.
6 lessons
Prove that sums and products of rational numbers are rational, explain why operations involving irrationals yield irrational results, and determine closure properties of number sets.
Explain why the sum or product of two rational numbers is rational; that the sum of a rational number and an irrational number is irrational; and that the product of a nonzero rational number and an irrational number is irrational.