Mathematics students face challenges with rational and irrational numbers. Understanding the principles and patterns simplifies this concept. Rational numbers can be fractions of integers. Irrational ...

Rational number is one of the most challenging areas of primary school mathematics. When taking it on, learners are asked to move beyond whole number thinking and make sense of multiplicative and ...

Jorhat, Feb. 2: Dilip Kumar Datta, professor emeritus of Rhode Island University, USA, has eased the definition of rational numbers, which has been widely accepted by the mathematics teachers' ...

The p-adics form an infinite collection of number systems based on prime numbers. They’re at the heart of modern number theory. The rational numbers are the most familiar numbers: 1, -5, ½, and every ...

A rational number can be written exactly in the form \(\frac{a}{b}\), where 𝑎 and 𝑏 are integers, while an irrational number cannot.

In 1886 the mathematician Leopold Kronecker famously said, “God Himself made the whole numbers — everything else is the work of men.” Indeed, mathematicians have introduced new sets of numbers besides ...