Question 263054: I'm getting so confused....how will i BE ABLE TO tell the difference from Rational, Ilrational, whole , real. All this terminolgy is getting me confused. Thanks
Found 2 solutions by richwmiller, stanbon:
Answer by richwmiller(17219)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Math is a language and so has new words. Every field of knowledge has its own special words.
Look in the back of your math book or google the terms or look on wikipedia
Answer by stanbon(75887)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! I'm getting so confused....how will i BE ABLE TO tell the difference from Rational, Ilrational, whole , real. All this terminolgy is getting me confused. Thanks
Natural numbers::: 0,1,2,3,etc
Integer numbers::: positive and negative whole numbers
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Rational::::: any number that can be written as a fraction;
that included as the integers because 3 can be written as 3/1.
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Irrational:::: numbers that cannot written as fractions,
such as sqrt(2), sqrt(13) cube root(25) etc.
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Real::::: all the Rational and Irrational numbers are Real
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Complex::: numbers that can be written in the form a + bi where
a and b are Real numbers. So the Complex Numbers include all the
Real numbers because sqrt(2) can be written as sqrt(2)+0i
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Use Google when/if you get confused. It comes in time if you work at it.
Cheers,
Stan H.
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