SOLUTION: How can you tell if a number, or fraction is irrational, whole, integer, rational, or natural?

Question 332708: How can you tell if a number, or fraction is irrational, whole, integer, rational, or natural?
Answer by Jk22(389) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A fraction a/b, a b integers, is integer if a is an integer multiple of b.
Else it's rational,
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however, a fraction cannot be irrational. For example there are not fraction m/n=sqrt(2).
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There remain 2 common classes of number :
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A number w is algebraic if it's solution of a polynomial equation (sqrt(2) is algebraic)
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else it's transcendental. (for example Pi is transcendental but not algebraic).
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