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Types of Numbers
Introductory Algebra Chapter 1
Question | Answer |
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Natural numbers | The counting numbers not including zero. N=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,... |
Whole numbers | Natural numbers with the addition of zero. W=0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,... |
Integers | The whole numbers and their opposites, i.e. positive and negative whole numbers ...,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,... |
Rational numbers | Can be written as a fraction (denominator cannot be zero) or written as a terminating or infinitely repeating decimal. |
Irrational numbers | Infinite nonrepeating decimals. |
Real numbers | All rational and irrational numbers. |