Comparing Rational and Irrational Numbers

Students practice comparing rational and irrational numbers in this helpful number sense worksheet! Featuring 21 problems that include both irrational and rational numbers, this worksheet asks students to evaluate and compare the value of real numbers. For the purposes of this eighth-grade math worksheet, irrational numbers include pi and irrational square roots, while rational numbers are expressed as fractions or decimals. This one-page worksheet also features irrational number expressions with a single operation. If learners need help estimating irrational square roots, they may benefit from completing the Approximations of Square Roots on a Number Line worksheet first.