The sum of a rational number and a rational number is rational. ALWAYS
The sum of a rational number and an irrational number is irrational.
The product of an irrational number and an irrational number is irrational. SOMETIMES
For example, the product of multiplicative inverses like √2 and 1/√2 will be 1
The product of a nonzero rational number and an irrational number is irrational.