Imagine you're counting the number of apples in a basket, that's easy. But π is like a number that never ends and doesn't repeat, so we call it irrational. Even though it can’t be expressed as a simple fraction, it’s not magic; it just keeps going forever! But π isn’t transcendental, which means you can still use special math rules to work with it, like using geometry or equations.
Examples
- Counting beans is simple, but counting the number of times π repeats is impossible because it doesn’t repeat at all.
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See also
- Why Is the Number Pi Infinite?
- Why Do Some Numbers Go On Forever?
- Why Do Numbers Like π Go on Forever?
- What are algebraic irrational numbers?
- Why Is π Irrational?