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Closure and Proofs with Rational and Irrational Numbers

9th Grade · Math · CCSS

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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.

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usHSN.RN.B.3Common Core State Standards · Math · 9th Grade

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.

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