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Which statement about the number line is TRUE for rational numbers?

Class 8Rational Numbers on the Number LineNumber System
  • AThere is a smallest positive rational number
  • BBetween any two rational numbers there are infinitely many rational numbers
  • COnly integers can be plotted on a number line
  • DEvery rational number has a next rational number immediately to its right

Step-by-Step Solution

The rationals are dense: between any two of them lie infinitely many others, so there is no smallest positive rational and no immediate next one.
Answer: B) Between any two rational numbers there are infinitely many rational numbers

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