THE SET OF REAL

NUMBERS
Activity 1. Why should we
learn mathematics?
SET OF REAL NUMBERS
ACTIVITY 2
PROPERTIES OF REAL NUMBERS
CLOSURE DPMA
PROPERTY PROPERTY
COMMUTATIVE ZERO IDENTITY
PROPERTY PROPERTY PROPERTY

ASSOCIATIVE INVERSE
PROPERTY PROPERTY
 CLOSURE PROPERTY
THE SUM/DIFFERENCE OR
PRODUCT OF TWO OR MORE REAL
NUMBER IS A REAL NUMBER
a + b = c, where a, b and c are ∈
ℝ.
Example

10 + 2 = 12 10 x 2 = 20
 COMMUTATIVE PROPERTY
A CHANGE IN THE ORDER IN WHICH TWO
REAL NUMBERS ARE ADDED OR MULTIPLIED
DOES NOT CHANGE THEIR SUM/PRODUCT
RESPECTIVELY
a + b = b + a, where a, b are ∈ ℝ.
Example
10+2 = 2+10 10 x 2 = 2 x 10
 ASSOCIATIVE PROPERTY
A CHANGE IN GROUPING OF ADDENDS
OR FACTORS OF REAL NUMBERS DOES
NOT CHANGE THE RESULT
(a+b)+c = a+(b+c), where a, b and c
are ∈ ℝ.
Example
(10+2)+1=10+(2+1) (10x2)x1= 10x(2x1)
 DPMA PROPERTY
WHEN TWO NUMBERS HAVE BEEN ADDED AND
THEN MULTIPLIED BY A FACTOR, THE RESULT
WILL BE THE SAME WHEN EACH NUMBER IS
MULTIPLIED BY THE FACTOR AND THE
PRODUCTS ARE THEN ADDED
(a+b)xc = ac+bc where a, b and c are
∈ ℝ.
Example
(10+2)x1=(10)(1)+(2)(1)
 IDENTITY PROPERTY
ADDITION: THE SUM OF THE ADDEND AND
ZERO IS THE ADDEND
MULTIPLICATION: THE PRODUCT OF A
FACTOR AND 1 IS THE FACTOR
a+e=a
axe=a
 INVERSE PROPERTY
FOR ANY REAL NUMBER, THERE EXISTS A
NUMBER THAT IF WE ADD OR MULTIPLY
TO A PARTICULAR NUMBER THE
SUM/PRODUCT IS E = IDENTITY ELEMENT.
a + -a = e
a x a’ = e
 ZERO PROPERTY
The product of any number and zero is zero
ax0=0
ACTIVITY 3
ACTIVITY 4