Real Numbers
Real Numbers
Natural Numbers: The counting numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …)
Whole Numbers: The counting numbers and zero (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …)
(Mnemonic device: “Whole” sounds like “Hole” and a zero looks like a hole)
Integers: The negatives, positives and zero. No fractions or decimals
(…-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, …)
(These are the numbers you usually draw on a number line)
Rational Numbers: Rational comes from “Ratio” which usually means a fraction.
(Note: any number can be written as a fraction. Ex: 3 is [pic], so it’s a rational number)
Certain kinds of Decimals can also be Rational numbers
Terminating Decimals: Terminating means they have a stopping point Rational
{0.5, 1.36, 42.006}
Repeating Decimals: All or part of the decimal repeats in a pattern Rational
Repeating decimals can be written with a bar above the part that repeats. So, these numbers would be:
0.3333333…= 0.3 1.45454545…= 1.45 0.286286286…= 0.286
Nonrepeating Decimals: The decimal has no repeating pattern.
0.132587164
Nonterminating Decimals: The decimal goes on forever.
0.28659…..
Nonrepeating and Nonterminating Decimals: The decimal has no repeating pattern and it never ends. This kind of Decimal is called an Irrational Number.
( = 3.14159…. (pi is a number that never repeats and never ends)
[pic] = 1.41421356….(several square roots also have this property)
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