NUMBERS

TYPES OF NUMBERS

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FOLLOWING ARE THE DIFFERENT SUB-TOPICS UNDER "TYPES OF
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• NATURAL NUMBERS
• INTEGERS

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• PRIME NUMBERS
• SQUARE NUMBERS

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• CUBE NUMBERS
• COMMON FACTORS
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COMMON MULTIPLES
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• IRRATIONAL NUMBERS
• REAL NUMBERS
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• RECIPROCALS
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NATURAL NUMBERS
• Counting numbers are natural numbers.
• They include all numbers from 1,2,3,4......

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WHOLE NUMBERS

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• They include all numbers from 0,1,2,3,4......

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INTEGERS

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• They include all numbers from .......--2,-1,0,1,2,3,4......

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PRIME NUMBERS
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• They include all numbers greater than 1 and whose only factors are
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1 and themselves.
• An entire list has been given below
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SQUARES
• They include all numbers that can be written as a product of two equal
factors of natural numbers.
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Following is the list of square numbers from 1 to 100.

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CUBE NUMBERS
• They include all numbers that can be written as a product of three equal
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factors of natural numbers.
• Following is the list of cube numbers from 1 to 10.
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1 8 27 64 125 216 343 512 729 1000

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COMMON FACTORS
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• They include all numbers that can be written as a product of three equal
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factors of natural numbers.

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What are the common factors of 20 and 25?

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The factors of 20 : 1, 2, 4, 5, and 20.

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The factors of 25 : 1, 5, and 25.

The common factors of 20 and 25 : 1 and 5.
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 COMMON MULTIPLES
• A common multiple is a number that is a multiple that is common to two or
more numbers.

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Multiples of 2 : 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, …

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Multiples of 3 : 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, …
Common multiples of 2 and 3 are 6, 12, 18, …

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RATIONAL NUMBERS
• They include all numbers that can be written as a fraction by using integers.

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• All decimals which either terminate or have a repeating pattern

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after some point are also rational numbers.
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The number 0.20 is a rational number because it can be re-written as .
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• Example of a repeating decimal:

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The number 0.33333…0.33333… is a rational number because it can be re-

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IRRATIONAL NUMBERS
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• They include all real numbers that cannot be expressed in the form 𝒃
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when a and b are integers ( b≠0 ).
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• In decimal form, they never terminate (end) or repeat.Meaning,they include

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all numbers that are non-terminating and non-repeating.

• Following are some of the irrational numbers
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√𝟐=1.41421356237309.....
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REAL NUMBERS
• They include all numbers except irrational numbers.

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RECIPROCALS
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• Reciprocal number of a given number is the number with its numerator and
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denominator reversed.
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