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Rational Numbers






         MO. 2 - L1b                                       Identify all sets to which the number 0.30303030…
                                                           belongs
              Identify and Classify
                Rational Numbers                                          0.30303030... is a nonterminat-
                                                              Answer      ing, repeating decimal. So, it is a
                                                                          ration number

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                                                           Classify Numbers

        Rational Number
                                                             Identify all sets to which –7 belongs.
        is any number that can be expressed
        as the quotient or fraction a/b of two               A. whole number, integer, rational
        integers, with the denominator b not  a/b            B. whole number, integer
        equal to zero.                                       C. integer, rational
                                                             D. integer
            Number       As a Fraction     Rational?
                5             5/1             Yes            Answer

               1.5            7/4             Yes
              .001           1/1000           Yes                                    4
                                                                                    3
                                                            Identify all sets to which              belongs.
             0.111...         1/9             Yes                                    5
                                                            A. whole number, rational
               √ 2             ?              NO!           B. integer, rational
           (square root of 2)                               C. not rational
                                                            D. rational


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                                                            Identify all sets to which 0.24242424… belongs.
        Classify Numbers                                    A. whole number, rational
                                                            B. integer, rational
                                                            C. not rational
         Examples                                           D. rational


                                                             Answer
         Identify all sets to which the number 15 belongs.


                        15 is a whole number, an
            Answer
                        integer, and a rational number.


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         Identify all sets to which the number  7
         belongs.                             8


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            Answer        7     is a rational number
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