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Types of Number: Structure

The document defines different types of numbers including natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, rational numbers, irrational numbers, and real numbers. It provides examples of numbers that fall into each category. An exercise is then provided asking the reader to: 1) list whole numbers within certain ranges, 2) list natural numbers within certain ranges, 3) perform addition and subtraction operations on decimal numbers, 4) calculate square roots as decimals, 5) perform subtraction operations on integers.

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Types of Number: Structure

The document defines different types of numbers including natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, rational numbers, irrational numbers, and real numbers. It provides examples of numbers that fall into each category. An exercise is then provided asking the reader to: 1) list whole numbers within certain ranges, 2) list natural numbers within certain ranges, 3) perform addition and subtraction operations on decimal numbers, 4) calculate square roots as decimals, 5) perform subtraction operations on integers.

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Types of Number

Structure
If we count backwards from 5, we don’t have to stop at zero.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0,-1,-2,-3,-4,-5, etc.

 The counting numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 etc.) are called natural numbers (N).
 Zero is not a natural number.
 The natural numbers together with zero makes up the whole number
(W), e.g. W= (0, 1, 2, 3, 4…).
 Integers (Z) are all the natural numbers, zero and the negative whole
numbers e.g. Z= (…., -7, -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ……).
 Rational Numbers (Q) are all the numbers that can be written as
fraction. They include the integers, terminating and recurring decimals,
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e.g. Q= (2, -5, 0.7, , 0.47, 0.07777 ….).
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 Irrational numbers cannot be written exactly as a fraction or a decimal,
as they never recur e.g. (𝜋 , √2, … ).
 Real number (R), consist of the rational numbers and irrational numbers
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e.g. R= (3, -8, π, , 0.0333, √2, …..).
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Exercise
a) List all the whole numbers;
(a) Between 27 and 35
(b) Greater than or equal to 0 but less than 10
(c) Greater than 36 and no more than 42

b) State all the natural numbers;


(a) Less than 15
(b) From 26 to 32 inclusive
(c) Greater than 53 but less than 64

c) Write down the value of:


(a) 36.34 + 2.71 +0.041
(b) 4.317 – 0.0015
(c) Divide 8.24 by 1000
d) Calculate:
4 7
(a) +
11 22

5 2
(b) −
12 5

To obtain the square root of a number we use the calculator.


E.g.
* √41 = 6.4031

* √119 = 10.908
5. Express the following irrational numbers as decimals, correct to four
decimal places:

(a) √58 (b) √481 (C) √0.35 (d) π


6. Calculate the integers
(a) -6 – 3 + 2=
(b) -3 – 7 – 10=
(c) -7 + 9 + 18=

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