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Is 22.7 a Rational Number

In today's class we all are going to discuss about one of the most frequently asked question- is 22.7 a rational number or not. So, from the definition of rational number a rational number is one which can be expressed as fraction or can be expressed exactly as the form a/b where a and b are integers or whole numbers and b is not zero. Generally, rational numbers are come under two categories. One is a rational number which has a terminating decimal and other one is which has repeating decimal. From these definitions of rational numbers we can find is 22.7 a rational number or not. The number 22.7 is a decimal number and its fraction is equal to 227/10 in the form of a/b. Here a=227 and b=10 both are integers and b=10 is a nonzero number. If this number cannot be expressed exactly as the form a/b, than this number called irrational number.

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But in this case the fraction of 22.7 is exactly expressed. So, from the above discussion of rational numbers it is clear that the given number that is 22.7(227/10) fulfill the rational number condition so that the given number is a rational number. In next class I am going to discuss about other examples of rational numbers. Example Of Rational Number For addition of these two quantities we just need to equalize the denominator first then we have to add them. We dont need to do any application with the numerator. For equalizing the denominator we need to follow some specific rules: We have to multiply both the denominator and numerator with the same integer so the value of fraction doesnt change and we have to multiply the integer in a manner so that the value of both the denominator will be same or for simplification you can multiply the first value by denominator of second and second value with the denominator of first. Now, lets see how to multiply 3*5/4*5+4*4/5* 4, the denominator of first number is 4 and we have multiply it on both the numerator and denominator. The denominator of second number is 5 and we have multiplied it on both the numerator and denominator.

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Now, the result will be: 15/20 +16/20, Now its very easy we just have to add the numerator denominator remains the same so, required answer will be: 15/20 + 16/20=31/20. -2.6 is a rational number which can be written-26/10. 3.26 is a rational number which can be written 326/100. In the above mentioned examples, the first example shows the negative value and the other shows the positive value. So, second one is positive rational number. This is all about Positive Rational numbers. Some more examples of positive rational number is :4, , 6 There are numbers you can possibly get when you divide one positive whole number by another one, or one negative whole number by another one. Negative Rational Numbers The numbers which are written in form of a/b where a and b are integers such that b0 all comes in the family of Rational Numbers. Positive Rational Numbers are those which have both numerators and denominators as positive or negative. Example: 5/7, 6/5 or (-3/-4) are positive rational numbers. Negative Rational Numbers are the numbers which have either numerator or denominator as negative.
Example: -3/7, -5/8 0r 5/-8 are negative rational numbers. Negative rational number must have at least one negative value that can either be numerator or denominator.

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Introduction to Rational numbers Today, I will tell you a story. Once there was a family of Natural numbers where all counting numbers used to live. One day a guest named zero visited the house and requested for a permission to stay there. All were happy; they requested the eldest member of the family Mr. infinite () to grant the permission for 0. The permission was granted and the name of the house was changed to house of Whole numbers. Now, after some time negative numbers also visited the house and requested for the permission to be the part of the family. They were permitted and now the family became the family of Integers i.e. - . ..-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,.. On seeing the family living together, some numbers which were in form of p/q, where p and q are natural numbers also asked for a permission to stay there. They were called fractions. Some fractions are 4/7, 2/5 etc. The family of fractions also told that if you all see the denominator with you, which is not usually visible, then you will also become the part of fractions family. All the numbers started trying it and realized that they all are the part of fractions. But this was not true for negative integers.

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