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    This document defines and provides examples of the different types of real numbers. It explains that the real number system includes rational numbers like integers and terminating/repeating decimals, as well as irrational numbers like π that are non-terminating and non-repeating. Natural numbers are counting numbers, whole numbers include 0, integers include their opposites, and rational numbers can be expressed as fractions. Irrational numbers cannot be expressed as fractions and have non-repeating decimals. A Venn diagram is used to classify examples of numbers as natural, whole, integer, rational, or irrational.

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    This document defines and provides examples of the different types of real numbers. It explains that the real number system includes rational numbers like integers and terminating/repeating decimals, as well as irrational numbers like π that are non-terminating and non-repeating. Natural numbers are counting numbers, whole numbers include 0, integers include their opposites, and rational numbers can be expressed as fractions. Irrational numbers cannot be expressed as fractions and have non-repeating decimals. A Venn diagram is used to classify examples of numbers as natural, whole, integer, rational, or irrational.

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    This document defines and provides examples of the different types of real numbers. It explains that the real number system includes rational numbers like integers and terminating/repeating decimals, as well as irrational numbers like π that are non-terminating and non-repeating. Natural numbers are counting numbers, whole numbers include 0, integers include their opposites, and rational numbers can be expressed as fractions. Irrational numbers cannot be expressed as fractions and have non-repeating decimals. A Venn diagram is used to classify examples of numbers as natural, whole, integer, rational, or irrational.

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    The Real Number System

    Real Numbers
    Real numbers consist of all the rational
    and irrational numbers.
    The real number system has many
    subsets:
    Natural Numbers
    Whole Numbers
    Integers

    Natural Numbers
    Natural numbers are the set of counting
    numbers.
    {1, 2, 3,}

    Whole Numbers
    Whole numbers are the set of numbers that
    include 0 plus the set of natural numbers.
    {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,}

    Integers
    Integers are the set of whole numbers and
    their opposites.
    {,-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3,}

    Rational Numbers
    Rational numbers are any numbers that can
    be expressed in the form of , where a and b
    are integers, and b 0.
    They can always be expressed by using
    terminating decimals or repeating decimals.

    Terminating Decimals
    Terminating decimals are decimals that
    contain a finite number of digits.
    Examples:
    36.8
    0.125
    4.5

    Repeating Decimals
    Repeating decimals are decimals that contain a infinite
    number of digits.
    Examples:
    0.333

    7.689689

    FYIThe line above the decimals indicate that number


    repeats.

    Irrational Numbers
    Irrational numbers are any numbers that cannot be
    expressed as .
    They are expressed as non-terminating, nonrepeating decimals; decimals that go on forever
    without repeating a pattern.
    Examples of irrational numbers:
    0.34334333433334
    45.86745893

    (pi)

    Other Vocabulary Associated with


    the Real Number System
    (ellipsis)continues without end
    { } (set)a collection of objects or
    numbers. Sets are notated by using
    braces { }.
    Finitehaving bounds; limited
    Infinitehaving no boundaries or limits
    Venn diagrama diagram consisting of
    circles or squares to show relationships of
    a set of data.

    Venn Diagram of the Real Number


    System
    Rational Numbers

    Irrational Numbers

    Example
    Classify all the following numbers as natural, whole, integer,
    rational, or irrational. List all that apply.
    a. 117
    b. 0
    c. -12.64039
    d. -
    e. 6.36
    f.
    g. -3

    To show how these number are classified, use the Venn


    diagram. Place the number where it belongs on the Venn
    diagram.
    Rational Numbers

    Irrational Numbers

    Integers
    Whole Numbers

    -3 0

    Natural
    Numbers

    117

    6.36

    -12.64039

    Solution
    Now that all the numbers are placed where they belong in
    the Venn diagram, you can classify each number:
    117 is a natural number, a whole number, an integer,
    and a rational number.

    is a rational number.
    0 is a whole number, an integer, and a rational number.
    -12.64039 is an irrational number.

    -3 is an integer and a rational number.


    6.36 is a rational number.

    is an irrational number.
    is a rational number.

    FYIFor Your Information


    When taking the square root of any
    number that is not a perfect square, the
    resulting decimal will be non-terminating
    and non-repeating. Therefore, those
    numbers are always irrational.

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