SOLUTION: Is -0.002 irrational and a integer?

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Question 554696: Is -0.002 irrational and a integer?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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-0.002 = -2/1000 = -1/500, which makes it a rational number. So it is NOT irrational.


It's also NOT an integer since it has a decimal part (that is nonzero). In other words, it is NOT a whole number (since it's NOT an integer).