What are irrational numbers?

Have you ever tried to measure something, only to find the number goes on forever? Join Mira and Finn as they uncover one of the biggest, wildest mysteries in the history of mathematics! Over two thousand years ago, a group of ancient Greek thinkers called the Pythagoreans believed the whole universe was built on neat, perfectly tidy fractions. But then, a man named Hippasus looked at a totally normal square and its diagonal line. When he tried to measure it, he discovered a wild, rebellious number that just wouldn't stop! These never-ending decimals are called irrational numbers, and their discovery literally shocked the ancient world! Learn how a simple bathroom floor tile hides a magical portal to infinity, and why a normal piece of A4 printer paper has a secret mathematical superpower. You actually hold an irrational number in your hands every single day without even knowing it! Get ready to look at straight lines, shapes, and paper in a completely new way. Tap play to dive into this mind-bending mathematical adventure!