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History Of Rational Numbers. History Of Rational Numbers A rational number is any whole number, fraction or decimal. It is any number that can be named, including negative numbers. For example, five or even one half are both rational numbers.
Rationalization. Rationalization, as the name suggests, is the process of making fractions rational. The need for rationalization arises when there are irrational numbers, surds or roots (represented by ) or complex numbers in the denominator of a fraction. The following are examples of fractions that need to be rationalized: Although fractions with surds and complex numbers in their denominators are not wrong, it is a general consensus that they should not be written that way hence the need to simplify them by rationalization.