Chapter-1

Number systems

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 Real Numbers and their
Decimal Expansion

What is a decimal?

When can we say that a number is a decimal

number?

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 Decimal numbers

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 Types of Decimal numbers

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 Example

Show that 0.3333... = 0 3. can be expressed in the form p q , where

p and q are integers and q ≠ 0.

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 Question
1. Find the decimal expansions of 10/3 , 7/8 and 1/7 . Mention
which amongst these are repeating or non-repeating.
2. Show that 1.272727... = 1 27 . can be expressed in the form p
q , where p and q are integers and q ≠ 0.

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 Representing Real numbers on a
number line

Number line

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 Example
Visualize the representation of 5 37 . on the number line upto 5
decimal places, that is, up to 5.37777.

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 Questions
a. Visualize 3.765 on the number line, using successive
magnification.
b. Visualize 𝟒. 𝟐𝟔 . on the number line, up to 4 decimal places.

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 Try it yourself

1. Let x be rational and y be irrational. Is xy necessarily irrational?

Justify your answer.

2. Classify the following numbers as rational or irrational with

justification :

𝑖 0.5918 (𝑖𝑖) 3 √18 𝑖𝑖𝑖 "1.010010001...“ 𝑖𝑣 28/√ 343

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 Try it yourself

1. What can the maximum number of digits be in the repeating block

of digits in the decimal expansion of 1/17 ? Perform the division to
check your answer.

2. Look at several examples of rational numbers in the form p/q (q ≠

0), where p and q are integers with no common factors other than 1
and having terminating decimal representations (expansions). Can
you guess what property q must satisfy?

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 Try it yourself

1. Express 𝟎. 𝟏𝟐ഥ
𝟑 in the form p/q , where p and q are integers and q ≠
0.

2. Find which of the variables x, y, z and u represent rational numbers

and which irrational numbers :

𝒊 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟓 𝒊𝒊 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟗 𝒊𝒊𝒊 𝒛𝟐 = . 𝟎𝟒

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 MCQ

Decimal representation of a rational number cannot be

(A) terminating
(B) non-terminating
(C) non-terminating repeating
(D) non-terminating non-repeating

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 True/False

Number of rational numbers between 15 and 18 is finite

a. True

b. False

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 MCQ
The value of 1.999... in the form p q , where p and q are
integers and q ≠ 0 , is (A) 19/10
(B) 1999/1000
(C) 2
(D) 1 9

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 True/False
State whether the following statement is true: There is a
number x such that x2 is irrational but x4 is rational.
a. True
b. False

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 True/False

There are numbers which cannot be written in the form p q ,

q ≠ 0 , p, q both are integers
a. True
b. False

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 Thank You!

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