rational number
Plural
rational numbers
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a number that can be written as a fraction, where both the top and bottom are whole numbers, and the bottom is not zero
- 3/4 is a rational number because it can be written as a fraction of two integers.
- The decimal 0.5 is a rational number because it can be converted to the fraction 1/2, with 1 and 2 being integers.
- 2/3 is a rational number since it represents the division of two integers, -2 and 3, and the result is a finite value.
- 7/8 is a rational number because it can be expressed as the fraction of two integers.
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