Mark M. answered 01/27/16
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A rational number is any number that can be expressed as p/q, where p and q are integers and q is nonzero. Any natural number, n, can be written as n/1, where n is a nonnegative integer. So, every natural number is also rational. In other words, the set of natural numbers is a subset of the set of rational numbers.
There is no such thing as a "natural irrational' number.