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Number System
Term | Definition |
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Integer | the set of real numbers consisting of the natural numbers, their additive inverses and zero. |
Whole number | natural numbers together with 0. |
Natural/counting Number | Numbers are 1,2,3,4,5, etc. There are infinitely many natural numbers |
Rational number | Numbers which can be expressed as a ratio between two integers |
Irrational Number | number that cannot be written as a ratio (or fraction). In decimal form, it never ends or repeats |
Imaginary Numbers | Numbers that are not real. |
Real Numbers | Set of all rational and irrational numbers |