Three forms: A fraction 1/7 A ratio 1:7 A decimal 0,142857...
A number that cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers is known as an irrational number.
Any number that can be expressed as the ratio of two integers is a rational number.
Numbers that can be expressed as a ratio are called rational numbers.
All rational numbers CAN be expressed as a ratio of two integers. They may appear, before simplification, to be expressed in other forms. For example, the rational number 1 can be written as the ratio sin(45)/cos(45) even though neither numerator nor denominator is an integer.
It is a ratio of two or more numbers, at least one of which is expressed in decimal form and none is expressed as a rational fraction.
This is a rational number.
It is a ratio
It is a rational number.
It can be expressed as a ratio of two integers.
rational numbers
Because any whole number, k, can be expressed in the form k/1 which is a ratio of two integers. Since it can be expressed as a ratio of two integers it is a rational number.
A rational number is one which can be expressed as a ratio of two integers.