Section 5.4: Rational Numbers

5.4 Outline

  1. Introduction
    1. definition of a rational number
    2. numerator
    3. denominator
    4. classification
      1. proper fraction
      2. improper fraction
      3. whole number
  2. Fundamental property
  3. Operations with rationals
    1. addition
    2. subtraction
    3. multiplication
    4. division

5.4 Essential Ideas

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