SOLUTION: I am struggling to figure out this True or False Questions 1.2 is a real number 2. -17 is an integer 3. 3/2 is an integer 4. Pi is a real number 5. Square root of 3 is

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Question 1184382: I am struggling to figure out this
True or False Questions
1.2 is a real number
2. -17 is an integer
3. 3/2 is an integer
4. Pi is a real number
5. Square root of 3 is a rational number
6. 0 is a natural number
7. Square root or 49 is a rational number
8. Square root of 7 is a rational number

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by definition, a real+number is:
Positive or negative, large or small, whole numbers or decimal numbers are all Real Numbers.
The type of number we normally use, such as 1, 15.82, -0.1, 3%2F4, etc.
by definition, an integer is:
Integers are like whole numbers, but they also include negative numbers, but still no fractions allowed!
Integers = { ..., -4, -3,+-2, -1, 0, 1,+2, 3,+4, ... }

a natural number:
"Natural Numbers" can mean either "Counting Numbers" { 1, 2, 3, ...}, or "Whole Numbers" { 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}, depending on the subject.
By definition, natural numbers are a part of the number system that contains all positive integers starting from the number 1 to infinity. Whereas, a whole number includes all positive numbers starting from the number 0 to infinity. The number 0 is a whole number but not a natural number.
a rational number:
a rational number can be made by dividing two integers
1.5 is a rational number because 1.5+=+3%2F2+ (3 and 2 are both integers)
The real numbers include natural numbers or counting numbers, whole numbers, integers, rational numbers (fractions and repeating or terminating decimals), and irrational numbers.
True or False Questions
1.
2 is a real number=> True
2.
-17 is an integer=> True
3.
3%2F2+is an integer=> False
4.
pi is a real number => True (Pi is an irrational number)
5.
sqrt%283%29 is a rational number=> False (sqrt%283%29 is an irrational number.)
6.
0 is a natural number=> False
7.
sqrt%2849%29 is a rational number=> True
8.
sqrt%287%29 is a rational number=> False (sqrt%287%29 is an irrational number)