Question

What is the meaning of rational numbers?

Answer 1

a rational number is any number that can be expressed as the quotient or fraction p/q of two integers, a numerator p and a non-zero denominator q. Since q may be equal to 1, every integer is a rational number. ... A real number that is not rational is called irrational.

Answer 2

the set of numbers which can be written in the form p/q where p and q are integers and q is not equal to 0 are called rational numbers.they are a part of real numbers.
example:0,-1,1 etc.
there are infinite number of rational numbers between any 2 rational numbers.
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