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natural numbers
positive integers
whole numbers
nonnegative integers
natural numbers combined with the number
integers
Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic
every positive integer different from can be expressed as a product of primes in one and only one way (except for order of factors). Some examples are
rational number
a real number that can be expressed in the form a/b, where a and b are integers and b =/= 0. Note that every integer is a rational number, since it can be expressed in the form.
terminating or nonterminating and repeating
irrational numbers
Decimal representations for irrational numbers are always nonterminating and nonrepeating.
zero factor theorem
properties of negatives
subtraction
To subtract one number from another, add the negative.
division
To divide one number by a nonzero number, multiply by the reciprocal.