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State whether the statements are True or False.

All decimal numbers are also rational numbers.

True


All decimal numbers are also rational numbers because every decimal number can be expressed in the form of , where p and q are integers and q ≠ 0


For example,


1. .88 is a decimal number, and it can be expressed as .


Converting it into its standard form,


⇒ =


⇒ , which is a rational number


Since 22 and 25 both are integers and q ≠ 0


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