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Rational Numbers

Definitions

Any rational number is any number which can be put into the form General Fraction, where a and b are integers and b Not equal to symbol 0.


Any number which can be written as a terminating or repeating decimal.


The symbol representing the rational numbers is Q.

Rational number examples

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See the rational numbers in relation to the real numbers.