What Are Rational Numbers?
Any number that can be written as a fraction — whole numbers, integers, fractions, and decimals!
Picture them all on one number line. Farther right = greater. Farther left = smaller.
1
Positives beat negatives: any positive is greater than any negative.
2 > −100
2
With negatives, closer to zero wins: −2 is greater than −7.
−2 > −7
3
Fractions vs decimals: change the fraction to a decimal to compare.
¾ = 0.75, so ¾ > 0.5