The Real Number System

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The Real Number System
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The Real Number System
zero

• The natural numbers are the counting numbers,
  without _______.
• Whole numbers include the natural numbers and
  ____________.
• Integers include all whole numbers and their
  ________________.
• Rational numbers are real numbers that can be
  written as a _____________ where a and b are
  integers and b ? 0. Any rational number can be
  represented as a terminating or a repeating
  ___________.
• Irrational numbers are any real numbers that are
  not _________.

zero
opposites
 
decimal
rational
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The Real Number System

• Irrational
• numbers
• Cannot be
• represented
• as a fraction
• of 2 integers

• Rational numbers
• Can be represented as a fraction of 2 integers

Integers . -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, .
Whole numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, .
Natural numbers 1, 2, 3, .
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-7
 
 

 
 
0
0.1269278
0.25
-9.1732