{"id":234589,"date":"2025-06-14T09:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T09:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=234589"},"modified":"2025-06-14T09:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T09:54:11","slug":"what-type-of-number-is-12-3-choose-all-the-answers-that-apply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/14\/what-type-of-number-is-12-3-choose-all-the-answers-that-apply\/","title":{"rendered":"What type of number is 12\/3? Choose all the answers that apply."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What type of number is 12\/3? Choose all the answers that apply. A. whole number B. integer C. rational D. irrational<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Correct answers: A. whole number, B. integer, C. rational<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The number 12 \u00f7 3 = 4<\/strong>, which is the simplified form of the fraction 12\/3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To determine the types of numbers this result belongs to, it helps to analyze the definitions of each category:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Whole number<\/strong>: This set includes all non-negative numbers without fractions or decimals. These numbers begin at 0 and increase by 1, such as 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. Since 4 fits this description, it qualifies as a whole number.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Integer<\/strong>: Integers include all whole numbers and their negative counterparts. This set includes …, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. The number 4, being a positive whole number, is also an integer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Rational number<\/strong>: A rational number is any number that can be expressed as a ratio or fraction of two integers, where the denominator is not zero. The original form, 12\/3, is already a fraction, which makes it a rational number. Also, the result 4 can be expressed as 4\/1, confirming its rational status.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Irrational number<\/strong>: This category includes numbers that cannot be written as a fraction of two integers. Their decimal representations are non-repeating and non-terminating. Examples include \u03c0 and \u221a2. The number 4 is a terminating decimal and can be written as a fraction, so it does not meet the criteria for being irrational.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Therefore, 12\/3 simplifies to 4, which fits into the categories of whole number, integer, and rational number, but not irrational number. The correct answers are A<\/strong>, B<\/strong>, and C<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    What type of number is 12\/3? Choose all the answers that apply. A. whole number B. integer C. rational D. irrational The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Correct answers: A. whole number, B. integer, C. rational The number 12 \u00f7 3 = 4, which is the simplified form of the fraction 12\/3. To determine the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}