SOLUTION: Please explain the difference between real numbers, rational numbers, and irrational numbers.

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Question 745846: Please explain the difference between real numbers, rational numbers, and irrational numbers.
Answer by tommyt3rd(5050)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The real numbers are all the numbers on the number line so they include rational and irrational numbers.
Rational numbers are numbers that can be written as fractions and irrational numbers are the numbers that cannot be written as fractions.

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