Negative 1 is a rational number. It is an integer (though not a counting number) and all integers are rational.
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Minus two.Some rational numbers are positive, some are negative. -9 is a negative rational number.
Rational numbers can be negative or positive.
A rational number is any number that is not irrational - that is, it can be designated with numbers (2, -5, 0, 1/3, 0.14, etc.) A non-negative rational number number is exactly what it sounds like. It's any rational number that is not negative.
A terminating or repeating decimal is always rational. Whether it is positive or negative makes no difference. So the answer is no it is not always rational, such as -1/pi
Any rational positive number is still rational when you make the same number negative.