Rational numbers are the numbers that can be put in the form of the fraction
Ex:
![2,\text{ }(3)/(4)\text{ , }\sqrt[]{25},\text{ }(22)/(7),\text{ 100, }\ldots](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/college/zxpehlv84glxsnw7nl6tqxi3vk36bzh2yd.png)
Irrational numbers are the numbers cannot be put in the form of the fraction
Ex:
![\sqrt[]{7},\text{ }\sqrt[3]{24},\pi,\ldots\ldots](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/college/s3ir4tb87kh27zybv4qa7gwa86aoifqgoc.png)
Let us check the question
![\sqrt[]{16}=\sqrt[]{(4)(4)}=4](https://img.qammunity.org/2023/formulas/mathematics/college/xjgd7nulq2usnh3y754mxlhbt1ur2jvxuq.png)
4 can be written in the form of the fraction, so it is a rational number