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Number System Handout

The document defines and explains different types of numeric systems: Natural numbers are counting numbers starting from 1. Whole numbers include natural numbers and zero. Integers include whole numbers and their opposites. Rational numbers are numbers that can be expressed as a ratio of integers, including fractions and terminating decimals. Irrational numbers cannot be expressed as ratios and are non-terminating and non-repeating decimals. Real numbers are all numbers on the number line, including both rational and irrational numbers.

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Number System Handout

The document defines and explains different types of numeric systems: Natural numbers are counting numbers starting from 1. Whole numbers include natural numbers and zero. Integers include whole numbers and their opposites. Rational numbers are numbers that can be expressed as a ratio of integers, including fractions and terminating decimals. Irrational numbers cannot be expressed as ratios and are non-terminating and non-repeating decimals. Real numbers are all numbers on the number line, including both rational and irrational numbers.

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The Real Number System Handout Natural, Whole, Integers, Rational, Irrational & Real

Natural Numbers(N): Natural Numbers are counting numbers from 1,2,3,4,5,................ N = {1,2,3,4,5,................} Whole Numbers (W): Whole numbers are natural numbers including zero. They are 0,1,2,3,4,5,............... W = {0,1,2,3,4,5,..............} W=0+N Positive Numbers: Positive numbers are, 1,2 ,3 ,4 ,5................. Positive Numbers: {1, 2, 3, . . .} Negative Numbers: Negative numbers are, ............-3, -2, -1. Negative integers: { . . . -3, -2, -1} Integers (Z):

Whole Numbers together with negative numbers. Integers are set containing the positive numbers, 1, 2, 3, 4, ...., and negative numbers,............-3, -2, -1, together with zero. Zero is neither positive nor negative, but is both. In other words, Integers are defined as set of whole numbers and their opposites. Z = {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, .....}

Rational Numbers (Q):


All numbers of the form , where a and b are integers (but b cannot be zero) Rational numbers include fractions: * Proper Fraction: Numbers smaller than 1 eg: 1/2 or 3/4 * Improper Fraction: Numbers greater than 1 eg: 5/2 * Mixed Fraction: 2 1/2 = 5/2 Powers and square roots may be rational numbers if their standard form is a rational number. In rational numbers the denominator cannot be zero

Example:

2 can be expressed in the form of p/q as 2/1 -13/9 = -1.444....... 8-2 = 0.015625 (16)/3 = 4/3 = 1.333... 4 = 2 1/2 = 0. 5 ----- Rational (terminates) 2/3 = 0.6666666.......Rational (repeats) 5/11 = 0.454545......Rational (repeats) Irrational Numbers Q1:

Cannot be expressed as a ratio of integers. As decimals they never repeat or terminate (rationals always do one or the other) They go on for ever or infinity.

Example: 2, 3, 7, 8 square root of 2 = 2 = 1. 41421356......Irrational (never repeats or terminates) pi = = 22/7 = 3.14159265....... Irrational (never repeats or terminates) Real Numbers R:

Real Numbers are every number, irrational or rational. Any number that you can find on the number line. It is a number required to label any point on the number line; or it is a number that names the distance of any point from 0. R = Q + Q1 Natural Numbers are Whole Numbers, which are Integers, which are Rational Numbers, which are Real Numbers. Irrational Numbers are Real Numbers, but not all Real Numbers are Irrational Numbers.

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