There are are three types of decimals: terminating, repeating and non-terminating/non-repeating. The first two are rational, the third is not.
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By definition any number that can be expressed as a fraction (with natural numbers) is rational. If decimals are in a fraction, see if you can amplify such fraction for 10, 100, 1000, etc.
they always are.
They are not. Sometimes they are irrational. Irrational numbers cannot be expressed as a fraction.
A rational number in essence is any number that can be expressed as a fraction of integers (i.e. repeating decimal). Taking the product of any number of rational numbers will always yield another rational number.
Integers are whole numbers. Rational numbers can be fractions / decimals. But it is NEVER a whole number E.G. of rational numbers : 3/4 or 1.5
Any type of fraction is always a rational number.