document.write( "Question 1067956: which negative number is larger between -1 and -100. And what is -1? smallest or largest negative number. \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "-1 > -100, so -1 \"is larger.\"
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\n" ); document.write( "-1 is the largest negative INTEGER. \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I am careful not to use the word \"number,\" as there are negative real numbers that are closer to zero than -1, and there is no \"closest\" negative real number to zero. For example, -0.0012 is greater than -1 and hence larger, but one can always find yet another larger negative real number closer to 0.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Below are some of the more important number classifications, you should get to know them. The set of numbers as you go down the list, each bulleted item includes the categories above it.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "o Natural numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, … (also known as the \"counting numbers\")
\n" ); document.write( "o Integers: …, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, …
\n" ); document.write( "o Rationals: All numbers which can be expressed as p/q, where p and q are integers and q != 0. A number that can not be expressed as a ratio of two integers is said to be \"irrational.\"
\n" ); document.write( "o Real numbers: Includes rational numbers and irrational (e.g. 7, 81, 9/1, $\"sqrt%282%29\"$ , $\"pi\"$ , $\"e\"$ , etc.)
\n" ); document.write( "[ Transcendental numbers are numbers like $\"pi\"$ and $\"e\"$ which are part of the irrationals but have the property that they are never the roots of polynomial equations. ] \n" ); document.write( "

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