The following are true of rational numbers:

• Rational numbers can be expressed as the ratio of two integers
  p q
  where q ≠ 0


• Terminating decimals are rational numbers.


• Repeating decimals are rational numbers.

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Rational Numbers Activity

This is not a rational number. It cannot be written as the ratio of two integers, where the denominator is not equal to zero.

The decimal representation is neither a terminating decimal nor a repeating decimal.