document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=248419>Question 248419</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what type of number is -2/5?(rational,irrational,integer'or whole number) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Start with the counting numbers that you first learned:  1, 2, 3, 4, ...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then add zero, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ... and you have the whole numbers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then add the negatives, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ... and you have the integers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The rational numbers are any numbers of the form <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \frac{q}{p}\"> where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE p\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE q\"> are integers.  The word \"rational\" comes from the idea of \"ratio,\" that is, a rational number is the ratio of two integers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The irrational numbers are all of the numbers that are not rational, that is any number that cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "GREAT BIG HINT:  -2 is an integer, and so is 5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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