Whole Numbers

Whole numbers are a set of numbers including all natural numbers and 0. They are a part of real numbers that do not include fractions, decimals, or negative numbers. Counting numbers are a subset of the whole numbers.

Examples - 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10....

Integers

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An integer is a number with no decimal or fractional part, from the set of negative and positive numbers, including zero.

• Positive Integers: An integer is positive if it is greater than zero. Example: 1, 2, 3 . . .

• Negative Integers: An integer is negative if it is less than zero. Example: -1, -2, -3 . . .

• Zero is defined as neither negative nor positive integer. It is a whole number.

​Examples: ... -3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3 ...

Rational Numbers

A Rational Number can be made by dividing an integer by an integer. (They make a ratio/ fraction)

​Rational numbers stop or end

Rational numbers can be made into a fraction

Rational numbers can repeat

Rational numbers are perfect square roots​

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Irrational Numbers

Irrational numbers are those real numbers that cannot be represented in the form of a ratio.

​Irrational numbers do not stop or end

Irrational numbers cannot be made into fractions​

Irrational numbers do not ​repeat

Irrational numbers are not perfect square roots ​

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