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Yes it is. Rational numbers are numbers that can be written as a fraction. Irrational Numbers cannot be expressed as a fraction.

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Q: Is the difference of any 2 rational numbers a rational number?
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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 is the maximum number of rational number between any two rational numbers?

There are [countably] infinite rational number between any two rational numbers. There is, therefore, no maximum.


What number is a rational number but not an integer?

Rational numbers are numbers that can be written as a fraction. Irrational Numbers cannot be expressed as a fraction. Any number that is a fraction is not an integer, but rational.


Would the difference of a rational number and a rational number be rational?

The difference of two rational numbers is rational. Let the two rational numbers be a/b and c/d, where a, b, c, and d are integers. Any rational number can be represented this way. Their difference is a/b-c/d = ad/bd-cb/bd = (ad-cb)/bd. Products and differences of integers are always integers. This means that ad-cb is an integer, and so is bd. Thus, (ad-cb)/bd is a rational number (since it is the ratio of two integers). This is equivalent to the difference of the original two rational numbers.


Why is any number rational?

Any number is NOT rational. In fact, there are more irrational numbers than there are rational.


What is the sum of the rational numbers?

The sum of any finite set of rational numbers is a rational number.


Are there more rational numbers than irrational numbers true or false?

In between any two rational numbers there is an irrational number. In between any two irrational numbers there is a rational number.


Are more rational numbers than irrational numbers true or false?

In between any two rational numbers there is an irrational number. In between any two Irrational Numbers there is a rational number.


Is the set of all rational numbers continuous?

Continuity is a characteristic of functions not of sets.The set of rational number is infinitely dense. This means that between any two rational numbers, no matter how close together, there are infinitely many rational numbers. And then, between any two of them these is an infinte number of rational numbers, and so on.But, in case that gives you any wrong ideas, between any two rational numbers there is an even higher order of infinity of irrational numbers. In that respect the number of gaps in the set of rational numbers (where the irrational numbers would be) is greater than the cardinality of rational numbers.Continuity is a characteristic of functions not of sets.The set of rational number is infinitely dense. This means that between any two rational numbers, no matter how close together, there are infinitely many rational numbers. And then, between any two of them these is an infinte number of rational numbers, and so on.But, in case that gives you any wrong ideas, between any two rational numbers there is an even higher order of infinity of irrational numbers. In that respect the number of gaps in the set of rational numbers (where the irrational numbers would be) is greater than the cardinality of rational numbers.Continuity is a characteristic of functions not of sets.The set of rational number is infinitely dense. This means that between any two rational numbers, no matter how close together, there are infinitely many rational numbers. And then, between any two of them these is an infinte number of rational numbers, and so on.But, in case that gives you any wrong ideas, between any two rational numbers there is an even higher order of infinity of irrational numbers. In that respect the number of gaps in the set of rational numbers (where the irrational numbers would be) is greater than the cardinality of rational numbers.Continuity is a characteristic of functions not of sets.The set of rational number is infinitely dense. This means that between any two rational numbers, no matter how close together, there are infinitely many rational numbers. And then, between any two of them these is an infinte number of rational numbers, and so on.But, in case that gives you any wrong ideas, between any two rational numbers there is an even higher order of infinity of irrational numbers. In that respect the number of gaps in the set of rational numbers (where the irrational numbers would be) is greater than the cardinality of rational numbers.


Is any number a rational number?

No. In fact, there are infinitely more irrational numbers than there are rational numbers.


Are rational numbers natural numbers'?

They can be but in general any number that can be expressed as a fraction is a rational number


Is all rational numbers whole numbers?

Any number that can be expressed as a fraction is a rational number which includes whole numbers