{"id":225874,"date":"2025-06-04T17:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=225874"},"modified":"2025-06-04T17:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T17:00:12","slug":"which-number-produces-a-rational-number-when-multiplied-by-0-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/04\/which-number-produces-a-rational-number-when-multiplied-by-0-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Which number produces a rational number when multiplied by 0.25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which number produces a rational number when multiplied by 0.25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2705 Correct Answer:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Any rational number<\/strong> will produce a rational number when multiplied by <strong>0.25<\/strong>.<br>So, one correct example is: <strong>4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcd8 Explanation (300 words using the RDW strategy: <strong>Read, Draw, Write<\/strong>)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>R \u2013 Read the Problem:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The question asks which number, when multiplied by <strong>0.25<\/strong>, will give a <strong>rational number<\/strong>.<br>A <strong>rational number<\/strong> is any number that can be written as a <strong>fraction<\/strong> of two integers, like 34\\frac{3}{4}, 22, or \u22125.5-5.5. It includes <strong>integers<\/strong>, <strong>fractions<\/strong>, and <strong>decimals<\/strong> that either <strong>terminate<\/strong> (like 0.5) or <strong>repeat<\/strong> (like 0.333&#8230;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the question is basically asking:<br><strong>What number can we multiply with 0.25 to still get a rational number?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>D \u2013 Draw\/Do a Strategy:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s pick <strong>0.25<\/strong> and multiply it by a rational number like <strong>4<\/strong>: 0.25\u00d74=10.25 \\times 4 = 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And <strong>1<\/strong> is a rational number because it\u2019s the integer 11\\frac{1}{1}.<br>Also, try with a fraction: 0.25\u00d712=0.1250.25 \\times \\frac{1}{2} = 0.125<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>0.125<\/strong> is a terminating decimal \u2014 that means it\u2019s rational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This shows us that <strong>any rational number<\/strong> multiplied by <strong>0.25<\/strong> will still give a rational result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what if we multiply 0.25 with an <strong>irrational<\/strong> number, like \u03c0\\pi? 0.25\u00d7\u03c0\u22480.785398&#8230;&nbsp;(non-terminating,&nbsp;non-repeating)0.25 \\times \\pi \\approx 0.785398&#8230;\\text{ (non-terminating, non-repeating)}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That result is <strong>irrational<\/strong>, so it wouldn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>W \u2013 Write an Explanation:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The number <strong>4<\/strong> produces a rational number when multiplied by <strong>0.25<\/strong>, because: 0.25\u00d74=10.25 \\times 4 = 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result, <strong>1<\/strong>, is a rational number.<br>In fact, <strong>0.25 is already rational<\/strong> (since 0.25=140.25 = \\frac{1}{4}), and multiplying two rational numbers always gives a rational result.<br>So, <strong>any rational number<\/strong>, such as <strong>4, 1\/2, -3, or 0<\/strong>, will work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705 <strong>Final Answer: 4<\/strong> (or any rational number)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner4-369.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-225875\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which number produces a rational number when multiplied by 0.25 The Correct Answer and Explanation is: \u2705 Correct Answer: Any rational number will produce a rational number when multiplied by 0.25.So, one correct example is: 4 \ud83d\udcd8 Explanation (300 words using the RDW strategy: Read, Draw, Write) R \u2013 Read the Problem: The question asks 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