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Yes - any number that can be expressed as a fraction, or ratio, including 1/7, is a rational number.
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Must the opposite of a rational number be a rational number?
No. A rational number is one that may be represented as a simple multiple, or a division. Such as one times seven, or three times seven; OR one divided by seven, or three divided by seven. Or similar.A rational number, if a fraction, when multiplied by the divisor of the fraction, will give a simple whole number. e.g. 7/5, when multiplied by 5 becomes the whole number 7.An irrational number is one that cannot be formed by a simple ratio, or a simple division. e and pi are a couple of common irrational numbers. [irrational demonstrates where the name comes from.]No number can be found which will convert them, by multiplication, into a whole number.
What are characteristics of rational numbers?
A rational number can always be written as (one whole number) divided by (another whole number). That's not only a characteristic of a rational number, it's the definition of one.
Is negative one half rational or irrational?
The number -1/2 is a rational number, a negative integer divided by a positive integer.
What is the difference between a fraction and a rational number?
Very little.A fraction is one integer divided by another.A rational number is one that could be written as a fraction.
Why is one half a rational number that is not an integer?
One-half is rational because it can be expressed as a quotient of two integers (one divided by two).
What is the mathematical term to describe a number which can be exactly represented as one integer divided by another?
Thart is called a rational number. Rational not in the sense of being sane or reasonable, but in the sense of being a ratio, which is another name for one number divided by another number.
Is 1 over six rational irrational natural number whole number or an integer?
One over six is an integer divided by an integer.That is the definition of a rational number.
Are irrational numbers always integers?
No. An irrational number is one that is not a rational number. A rational number is once that equals one integer divided by another. So an irrational number cannot be represented by one integer divided by another integer, so it cannot be an integer!
What is seven and one fourths?
Seven and one fourths is equivalent to 7.25 or 7 + 1/4.
Is one divided by negative four a rational number?
Sure, you are dividing an integer by another integer, so the result is rational by definition.
What is the difference from rational numbers and a number?
A rational number can be written as (one whole number) divided by (another whole number). An irrational number can't.
Is fraction a rational or irrational?
A fraction, consisting of one integer divided by another, non-zero, integer is a rational number.
