Question

Classify the AVERAGE number of students in all the math classes at Ponderosa. (Click all that apply)

Real


Irrational


Natural


Whole


Rational


Integer

Answer 1

real, rational

Explanation:

Without knowing what the average number of students is, we know the number must be a real number, and must be rational. (An average of integers is always the ratio of two integers.) It may or may not be a natural number, whole number, or integer.