Calculating the square root of 2

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Does a calculator give you the exact value of the square root of 2? Here, learners must decide if 1.414236 is equal to the square root of 2. They must also explain why the square root of 2 could never be equal to a terminating decimal. Learners must be familiar with rational and irrational numbers before beginning.