Consider the following numbers:
1. $\sqrt{8}$
2. $\f\frac{1}{3}$
3. $\pi$
4. $2.6$
5. $\sqrt{9}$
Which of these numbers are classified as rational numbers? A rational number is any number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers (i.e., $\f\frac{a}{b}$, where $b \neq 0$).