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Rational and Irrational Numbers

Rational Numbers
- Can be written as fractions
- Examples: $\frac{3}{4}$ ,8, 7, $\frac{342}{50}$ , 547
Irrational numbers
- Can be written as endless non-repeating decimals
- Cannot be written as fractions
- Examples: $\pi$ , $\sqrt(2)$ , e

On a number line, place the following numbers and classify them as rational or irrational.

$\frac{-1}{2}, -\pi, 0.9, e, \frac{5}{8},\sqrt{2},\frac{-5}{2}$