what is the difference between a rational and irrational number?

Question

An example is 59/2

Answer 1

a rational number is any number that can be put in the form a/b where a and b are integers and b≠0

any rational number, a/b, when expressed as a decimal, is either terminating or repeating

examples: 3/4=0.75, 8/11=0.727272...

an irrational number is a number that cannot be expressed in the form a/b

in other words, an irrational number is a non-ending (does not terminate) and non-repeating (no sequence of digits repeat themselves over and over again) decimal

some examples are √2, √3, √5, √6, √7, ∏ (pi which is 3.14159265...), and e, called Euler's number (e=2.71828182845...)