Question

Which of the following categories of numbers describes √12 ?

whole number
integer
irrational number
natural number

Answer 1

The square root of 12 is an irrational number.

Explanation:

The answer would be 3.4641016(...) so, you can easily tell in multiple ways that this is an irrational number. One of which being process of elimination, this number is definitely not a whole number or integer, and its not a natural number either because it isn't a whole number.

Hope this helped a little bit

Answer 2

√12 = irrational number

Explanation:

Irrational numbers are decimals that are non-terminating (don't stop) and non-repeating (don't have a pattern). Non-perfect squares, or square roots that do not have a factor that is multiplied by itself, when solved it will produce a non-terminating, non-repeating decimal:

√12 = 3.464101...