document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=5596>Question 5596</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Is  2.040506...  a rational or irrational number?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I'm pretty sure that it's a irrational number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It will be irrational only if there are infinitely many decimal places AND no repeating chunks of numbers. If your number ended with the \"99\", then it's a rational number because it ended there. </SPAN>\n" );
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