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Chapter 5
The Real number System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Natural Numbers | All positive numbers, known as the counting numbers; no fractions or decimals; 1, 2, 3, 4, ... |
| Whole Numbers | All positive numbers and zero; no fractions or decimals; 0, 1, 2, 3, ... |
| Integers | Positive and negative numbers; no fractions or decimals; -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ... |
| Closed/Closure | When you perform operations such as addition or multiplication on the numbers in a set, the operations could produce a defined value that is also in the set. When this happens, the set is said to be closed. |
| Rational Numbers | Any number that can be written in fraction form |
| Irrational Number | Numbers that cannot be written as fractions, example: pi |
| Terminating Decimal | A number that has a last digit; example 0.125 |
| Repeating Decimal | A decimal number with digits that repeat; example 0.1313131313... |
| Bar Notation | A repeating decimal that has a bar over the digits that are repeating |
| Real Numbers | The set of rational numbers and irrational numbers |
| Venn Diagram | a diagram that represents how two sets of numbers are related |