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Algebra I: 1-5a NUMBER SETS: VOCABULARY

Natural Numbers: How would you define this set?

Whole Numbers: How would you define this set?

What is the relation of whole numbers to natural numbers?

Integers: How would you define this set?

What is the relation of integers to whole numbers? To natural numbers?

Rational Numbers: Examples: 3.14, , -. (=- ), -2

Irrational Numbers:

Examples: , - , ,

How would you define rational numbers?

How would you define irrational numbers?

What is the relationship between rational and irrational numbers?

Is there a relation between rational numbers, irrational numbers and the previous sets?

Real Numbers: Examples: , 12, - , 0, ,

Imaginary Numbers: Examples: , , ,-

How would you define real numbers?

How would you define imaginary numbers?

What is the relation between real and imaginary numbers?

What is the relation of Real Numbers to the previous sets?

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Algebra I: 1-5a NUMBER SETS HOMEWORK 1. Using what you learned today about number sets, simplify each expression and classify it by checking the box(es) of the set(s) to which the expression belongs. Expression Simplified Natural Whole Integers Rational Irrational Real Imaginary

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4 .0674 1.32 -17 3.14159 0

2. Are all integers rational numbers? Explain your reasoning; include examples/counter-examples.

3. Are any rational numbers imaginary? Explain your reasoning; include examples/counter-examples.

4. Are all whole numbers natural numbers? Explain your reasoning; include examples/counter-examples.

5. Are all real numbers rational numbers? Explain your reasoning; include examples/counter-examples.