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    KWAME NKRUMAH

    UNIVERSITY
    MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS

    COURSE CODE: BEC 160

    LECTURER: MR. CHIKUMBE, S.E.


    MA-Economics
    Sets of Real Numbers
    Natural Numbers
    Whole numbers
    Integers
    Rational Numbers
    Irrational numbers
    Real Numbers
    • The real numbers are the numbers
    corresponding to all the points on the
    number line.
    • It combines the Rational and the Irrational
    numbers.
    • Denoted by the letter R.
    Relationship of these sets of
    numbers
    The Real Number System
    Rational numbers Irrational
    numbers

    Integers

    Whole numbers

    Natural numbers
    The Real Number System
    Rational numbers Irrational
    • Can be represented as a fraction of 2 integers numbers
    • Cannot be
    Integers represented
    .… -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, …. as a fraction
    of 2 integers
    Whole numbers
    0, 1, 2, 3, ….

    Natural numbers
    1, 2, 3, ….
    The Real Number System
    Rational numbers Irrational
    numbers

    Integers

    Whole numbers

    Natural numbers

    -7 ¶

    0.25 0 0.1269278…
    -9.1732
    The Real Number System
    zero
    • The natural numbers are the counting numbers, without _______.

    zero
    • Whole numbers include the natural numbers and ____________.

    opposites
    • 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
    decimal
    ___________.

    rational
    • Irrational numbers are any real numbers that are not _________.
    Changing recurring decimals to
    fractions.
    What if the decimal is not
    ending?
    How to convert them?
    Example 2
    Quiz
    Determine the truth of each statement. If the
    statement is false give reasons.
    (check Heaussler, page 3 for questions)

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