Question

Is 11.5 rational or irrational

Answer 1

Answer:

11.5 is a rational number

Step-by-step explanation:

First let's see the definition of rational and irrational.

Rational number is a number that can be written in the form of $\frac{p}{q}$, where q≠0.

There rational numbers have the terminating or non terminating decimals with repeating the pattern.

For example: $\frac{1}{3} = 0.33333.....$

You can see that 3 is repeating non terminating decimals.

Irrational number is a number with non repeating decimals.

For example: $\frac{22}{7} = 3.142857...$

The given number is 11.5 which is terminating decimal number.

Therefore, 11.5 is a rational number.

Answer 2

11.5 is a rational number