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Rational numbers are numbers that can be written as a fraction. Irrational Numbers cannot be expressed as a fraction. All natural numbers are rational.

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Is the difference of two rational numbers a rational number?

Yes.


What would be difference of 2 rational numbers?

Another rational number.


List of rational and irrational numbers?

-- There's an infinite number of rational numbers. -- There's an infinite number of irrational numbers. -- There are more irrational numbers than rational numbers. -- The difference between the number of irrational numbers and the number of rational numbers is infinite.


Difference between real and rational number?

Rational numbers are numbers that can be written as a fraction. Real numbers are any number, including irrationals.


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.


Must the difference between two rational numbers be a rational number?

Yes.


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 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.


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


Is it true that The difference of two rational numbers always a rational number?

Yes. The rational numbers are a closed set with respect to subtraction.


Is the difference of two rational numbers always rational?

Yes. This is the same as asking for one rational number to be subtracted from another; to do this each rational number is made into an equivalent rational number so that the two rational numbers have the same denominator, and then the numerators are subtracted which gives a rational number which may possibly be simplified.


How the difference of two rational numbers can be rational and irrational?

There is no number which can be rational and irrational so there is no point in asking "how".