Rational Numbers

rational number  The symbol representing the rational numbers is Q Rational number examples Demonstration Image only  A rational number is a real number The real numbers that are rational are those whose decimal expansion either terminates after a finite number of digits (

A rational number is said to be in standard form if the numerator and denominator have only one common factor, and the denominator is always positive  Because every whole number can be written as a fraction, every whole number is a rational number A set of numbers that includes all positive integers and 0 is

Integers and rational numbers Natural numbers are all numbers 1, 2, 3, 4… They are the numbers you usually count and they will continue on into infinity  This means rational numbers can be written as fractions Where the numerator and denominator are integers This makes them different from