an irrational number
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A number that cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers is known as an irrational number.
a ratio of integers
No it cannot. Any whole number, n, can be written as the ratio n/1 where n is an integer. Since it can be expressed as a ratio of two integers, it is rational and so cannot be irrational.
A rational number.
That is correct.
A number that cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers is known as an irrational number.
a ratio of integers
No it cannot. Any whole number, n, can be written as the ratio n/1 where n is an integer. Since it can be expressed as a ratio of two integers, it is rational and so cannot be irrational.
a number that cannot be expressed as a fraction or a ratio. Formally, we say a number is rational if it can be written in the form p/q where p and q are integers. If it cannot be written this way, it is irrational.
A rational number.
It is a rational number.
Because that is the definition of irrational numbers: They are the numbers that cannot be written as a ratio of two integers! A fraction is a ratio of two integers.
0.57 can be written as 57/100. 57 and 100 are both integers and therefore 0.57 can be written as a ratio of 2 integers. A number that can be written as a ratio of two integers is a rational number because the word rational comes from ratio.
An irrational number.
When it is a real number that cannot be expressed as a ratio of two integers.
No. It is a ratio of TWO - not ONE - integers.