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What is the difference between a fraction and a rational number?
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∙ 13y ago
Very little.
A fraction is one integer divided by another.
A rational number is one that could be written as a fraction.
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Difference between real and rational number?
Rational numbers are numbers that can be written as a fraction. Real numbers are any number, including irrationals.
What numbers that can be written as a fraction?
all rational numbers can be written as fractions. That is the definition of rational numbers.
What is the difference between a mixed number and a fraction?
A mixed number is a number with both a whole number and a fraction.
Is 5.3 an irrational or rational number?
It is an irrational number.
Why is -5 a rational number?
because every integer is a rational number
What are the difference between decimal in rational and decimal in irrational?
A decimal rational number can be expressed as a fraction A decimal irrational number can not be expressed as a fraction
Difference between rational numbers and rational expressions?
A Rational number is a fraction of two integers; a rational expression is a fraction that contains at least one variable
Difference between real and rational number?
Rational numbers are numbers that can be written as a fraction. Real numbers are any number, including irrationals.
What is the difference between a rational number and a natural number?
a rational number is different from a natural number because a rational number can be expressed as a fraction and natural numbers are just countinq numbers =D
How does rational number different from fractional number?
There is no difference. Rational numbers are numbers that can be written as a fraction. Irrational numbers cannot be expressed as a fraction.
Is the difference of rational numbers a rational number?
Rational numbers are numbers that can be written as a fraction. Irrational numbers cannot be expressed as a fraction. All natural numbers are rational.
Is the difference of any 2 rational numbers a rational number?
Yes it is. Rational numbers are numbers that can be written as a fraction. Irrational numbers cannot be expressed as a fraction.
Can a negative improper fraction be a rational number?
-- If the numerator and denominator of the fraction are both whole numbers,then the fraction is definitely a rational number.-- Even if they're not both whole numbers, it still canbe a rational number.-- Makes no difference whether the fraction is negative or positive, improper or proper.
Fraction is a rational numbers but not every rational number is a fraction?
Every rational number can be expressed as a fraction. It's what rational means- a number that can be expressed as a ratio (fraction) of integers.
Is there any difference between rational numbers and fractions?
no they are one and the same thing. A rational number is defined as any real number that can be expressed as a fraction p/q for two integers p, q.
Can a fraction be an rational number?
A rational number is any number that can be expressed as a fraction.
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.
