Exploration task: Inserting rational numbers between two given rational numbers 1. Take any two rational numbers. 2. Add them. 3. Divide the result obtained by 2. 4. Observe the number obtained. Is the answer a rational number? Is it between two given numbers? Brainstorming: How many rational numbers can be inserted between two rational numbers?
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3+4=7
3/7×7=21/7
4/7×7=28/7
22/7 23/7 24/7 25/7 26/7 27/7
Add them together and divide by 2 will give one of the rational numbers between two given rational numbers.
They are 4, 3 and 2 which are rational numbers because they can be expressed as fractions as for example 3 as a fraction is 3/1.
There are infinitely many rational numbers between 2 and 27.
All whole numbers are rational numbers.
If it is integers, you have -2, -1, 0, 1, 2 and 3. If rational numbers or irrational numbers or real numbers, there are an infinity of them between -3 and 4.