First, we need to get the equivalent of the fraction that is given:56/7 is equivalent to 8Then we need to describe is 8 belong to the family of a real number? Since the decimal or the equivalent of the decimal is the whole number so it belongs to the family of real numbers. And stated that it is a Real Number, Rational Number, Whole Number, Counting Number, and Integer. The real number represented by symbol R and it is a value that represents along with a line. A rational number can be expressed as a ratio between 2 numbers and when it is written as a decimal it cannot be written as a simple fraction because there is not a finite number of numbers and the number of decimal would go on forever without repeating.