Real Number System Flashcards
All of the numbers that we use in the everyday life
Real numbers
Every number that can be expressed as a quotient or ratio of two integers
Rational numbers
Decimal representation of a rational number is either…
Terminating decimal
Nonterminating-repeating decimal
Numbers whose decimal representation is nonterminating-nonrepeating decimal and cannot be represented as a simple fraction
Irrational numbers
Samples are 1.25, 1.333…
Rational Numbers
Samples are pi, Euler’s Number, Golden Ratio, and many square, cube, and nth roots
Irrational Numbers
These are numbers written with a fractional component
Non Integers
Types of Fractions
Proper, Improper, Mixed
Numbers written without a fractional component
Integers
Two Groups of Integers
Negative Integers and Whole Numbers
Numbers that are negative and doesn’t have a fractional component (…,-3,-2,-1)
Negative Integers
Integers that are not negative
Whole Numbers
Whole Numbers can be subdivided into two groups namely…
Zero and Positive Integers
These numbers are also known as natural or counting numbers (1,2,3,…)
Positive Integers
A whole number that cannot be counted
Zero