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PLACE Test
Term | Definition |
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Natural Numbers | the counting numbers |
Whole Numbers | the counting numbers along with zero |
Integers | the counting numbers, their opposites, and zero |
Rational Numbers | all of the fractions that can be formed from the whole numbers. Zero cannot be in the denominator. Can be terminating or repeating decimals. |
Irrational Numbers | real numbers that cannot be written as a fraction. Decimal forms are neither terminating nor repeating |
Real Numbers | the set of numbers obtained by combining the rationals and irrationals. This does not include complex numbers. |
Denseness Property | if all real numbers are ordered from least to greatest on a number line, there is an infinite set of real numbers between any two given numbers on the line. |
Complex Numbers | the form a+bi, where a and b are real numbers and i=sqrt of -1. |