Monday, November 1, 2021

Rational Numbers

Topics for Today:

You have seen rational numbers your entire life, but have referred to them as fractions.  The word "rational" contains the word "ratio", which is just a comparison of numbers by division.  In our lesson on Friday, we discussed that a fraction is really a division problem with the vinculum (fraction bar) serving as a division symbol.  

Any number that can be expressed as a fraction is rational, and includes repeating and termination decimals that are both positive and negative.  Any number on the number line that can be put into the form of a fraction is rational.  



Vocabulary:

rational number

Sections Covered in Textbook:

3-10: Rational Numbers (pages 173-176)


Resources & Tutorials:

1) What is a rational number?

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