Is a fraction that simplifies to an integer an integer, or only a rational number?
I’m going to be tested on the sets of numbers, and I was wondering if either a square root or a fraction which can simplify to an integer is considered an integer. For example, is square root 9 an integer? Is 8/2 an integer?
When you try to decide what kind of a number it is, you always simplify it first. So, any thing that can be simplified into an integer is considered an integer.
September 23rd, 2009 at 4:57 am
Fractions that simplifies to an integer are improper fractions. They are considered integers, because they are the same thing. They are rational numbers and real numbers. Rational numbers are just numbers that terminate, positive of course, Irration would be like Pi or other repeating sequences.
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September 23rd, 2009 at 5:46 am
When you try to decide what kind of a number it is, you always simplify it first. So, any thing that can be simplified into an integer is considered an integer.
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