Question

Hamid says 5÷3 is a rational number and 5 is only a natural number. Shikha says both are rational numbers. With whom do you agree?

Answer 1

all natural numbers are rational and as 5is a natural number it is also a rational number as it can be expressed in the form of p/q I.e. 5/1

Answer 2

Shikha is correct actually 5 can be written as 5/1 as the numbers which are in the form of p/q where p,q belongs Z end q is not equal to 0 are also called rational numbers