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rational number
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rational number: see number number, entity describing the magnitude or position of a mathematical object or extensions of these concepts.

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Cardinal numbers describe the size of a collection of objects; two such collections have the same (cardinal) number of
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rational number

Any number that can be represented as the quotient of two integers (i.e., the denominator cannot equal zero). The set of rational numbers includes all integers as well as all fractions. In decimal form, rational numbers are either terminating or repeating decimals.


rational number
any real number of the form a/b, where a and b are integers and b is not zero, as 7 or 7/3

rational number [′rash·ən·əl ′nəm·bər]
(mathematics)
A number which is the quotient of two integers.


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