Goeff, Good, accurate description, you a Math major?? If it was a 4th grader who asked, I'd say .231 was a decimal, not a fraction - which would be 231/1000. Bob S.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I am not sure what you are looking for when you say class > of number, if you mean from a mathematical sense, then: > > Numbers that can be expressed as fractions (ratios) are > called Rational numbers. Numbers that cannot be expressed > as fractions (non repeating, non terminating decimals)like > PI and the square root of 2, etc. are called Irrational > numbers. The set that includes both are called Real numbers. > That may be more math than you were looking for, hope it > helps. > > Geoff
