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Classify each number as rational or irrational.

-1/16
0
Square root of 3
Square root of 2

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A number is rational if it can be expressed as the ratio between two integers (of course the denominator can't be zero).

-1/16 is already a fraction, so it's rational.

0 can be expressed as a fraction:
(0)/(n) for any non-zero integer
n you like


√(2),√(3) can't be expressed via a fraction between integers, and thus they are irrational.

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