INTRODUCTION TO NUMBER SYTEM

 A natural number is a counting number. Hence a set of natural number can be

shown as N = {1, 2, 3, . .}
 A whole number is all the natural numbers including 0. Therefore a set of whole
numbers is W = {0, 1, 2, ..}
 An integer is a set of all positive and negative whole numbers. The set of integers
can be written as Z = { -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, . . }. The natural numbers (excluding zero)
are known as positive integers. When a number gives zero on being added to its
corresponding positive value is known as a negative integer. When we consider zero
along with the natural numbers, we call it non-negative integers.
 A rational number is any number that can be expressed in p / q form where both
the numerator and denominator are integers and the value of q is positive. This
includes all integers, natural numbers and rational number. Any two rational
numbers has infinite rational numbers between them. The rational number can
either be terminating decimal or non-terminating decimal, which can again be
recurring or non-recurring in nature. There are certain operations of rational
numbers that need to be accounted for. The sum of two rational numbers is a rational
number. The same hold for difference and product too. This may or may not be true
for division.
 An irrational number is a number that cannot be expressed in p / q format. We
can represent the set of irrational numbers on a number line with the help
of Pythagoras theorem.