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Introduction to Rational Numbers

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Is 8.5 a rational number?

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A rational number is any number that can be expressed as fraction p/q of two integers, p and q, with the denominator q not equal to zero.
We can represent 8.5 as $\frac{17}{2}$ . So it is a rational number.

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