Mathematics 7

Quarter 1
Self-Learning Module 17
Subsets of Real Numbers
Mathematics Grade 7
Quarter 1 – Self-Learning Module 17: Subsets of Real Numbers
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Mathematics 7
Quarter 1
Self-Learning Module 17
Subsets of Real Numbers
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Mathematics Grade 7 Self-Learning Module on Subsets of Real

Numbers!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the self-learning module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this self-
learning module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing
them to manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and
assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the self-learning module.
For the Learner:

Welcome to the Mathematics Grade 7 Self-Learning Module on Subsets of Real

Numbers!
This self-learning module was designed to provide you with fun and
meaningful opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and
time. You will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being
an active learner.

This self-learning module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

Module 17: Subsets of Real Numbers

• Illustrate the different subsets of real numbers.
• Arrange real numbers in increasing or decreasing order on a number line.

PRETEST

Direction: Analyze the given questions below and choose only the letter of the correct
answer.
1. Which subset of real numbers does {5, -8, 8, 11, 0, -10} belong to?
A. integers C. natural numbers
B. whole number D. irrational numbers
2. Which set of numbers is arranged in increasing order?
A. -3, -5, 0, 2, 8 C. -20, -2, 3, 5, 33
B. -8, -11, 12, 5, 1 D. 0, -2, 3, 8, 10
3. Which set of rational numbers is arranged in decreasing order?
5 1 3 1 5 3 5 3 1 3 5 1
A. , , B. , , C. , , D. , ,
7 2 10 2 7 10 7 10 2 10 7 2

4. What subsets of real numbers does 15 belongs to?

A. irrational numbers
B. integers, rational numbers
C. whole numbers, integers, rational numbers
D. natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, rational numbers
5. When you arrange -8, -23, 5, 12, 0, -1 in increasing order, what should be the
arrangement?
A. -1, -8, -23, 0, 5, 12 C. 0, -23, -8, -1, 5, 12
B. 0, -1, -8, -23, 5, 12 D. -23, -8, -1, 0, 5, 12
 RECAP

Directions: Analyze the given questions below and choose only the letter of the
correct answer.
1. What is the estimated square root of 60?
A. 7.74 B. 7.82 C. 7.92 D. 7.95
2. If the estimated square root of is 4.69, which is the correct illustration on the
number line?
A B C D

5 6 7
3. What is the estimated square root of 43?
A. 6.55 B. 6.63 C. 6.72 D. 6.99
4. What is the estimated square root of 29?
A. 5.03 B. 5.12 C. 5.38 D. 5.64
5. Which of the following has irrational principal root?
A. √100 B. √160 C. √400 D. √225

LESSON

In the past lesson, you have learned about sets and its subsets. We will use
the word subset to summarize the next lesson. In this lesson, we are going to learn
about the subsets of real numbers and how to arrange real numbers in increasing
or decreasing order in a number line.

To start the lesson, let us analyze first this word problem.

Dhonabelle receives their

monthly electric bill with the total of
Php 6,525.00. She goes to the market to
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buy 2 4 kg of beef that costs Php 825.00
and 1.5 kg of brocolli that costs Php
450. If her budget for the electricity and
the food that she bought is Php
8,000.00, how much money does she
have left?
 Counting comes in our daily lives naturally. Dhonabelle, for instance,
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encountered 6,525, 2 4, 825, 1.5, 450, and 8,000. Grouping these numbers is helpful
in mathematics because it allows us to identify exactly what numbers are we dealing
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with. All numbers that you know such as 1, -9, 0, √5, , etc. are all Real Numbers.
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These numbers are grouped and called the subsets of Real Numbers.

Subsets of Real Numbers

Subset Description Examples

N = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …}
These numbers are also
Natural Numbers (N) 5, 12, 14, 16, 20
known as counting
numbers
W = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, …}
These numbers are
Whole Numbers (W) formed by including 0 to 0, 5, 12, 14, 16, 20
the set of natural
numbers
Z = {…, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1,
2, 3, 4, …}
Integers (Z) This subset is formed by -8, -5, -1, 0, 3, 5, 6
adding the negatives to
the set of whole numbers
Rational numbers are
any number that can be
𝑎
expressed in the form 𝑏 ,
-8, -5, -1, 0, 3, 5, 6
where a and b are 3
Rational Numbers (Q) = 0.6
integers and b ≠ 0. It can 5
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also be defined as a = 0.66666…..
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number that has either a
terminating or repeating
decimal representations.
Irrational numbers is the
set of numbers whose
decimal representations = 3.141592653…
are non-terminating or
Irrational Numbers (Q’) √2 = 1.4142135623…
non-repeating. These
numbers cannot be √7 = 2.6457513110…
expressed as a quotient
of integers.

Let’s try to identify which subsets does the following real numbers belong.

A. -5 is an integer and rational number

B. √10 is an irrational number
C. 8 is a natural number, whole number, integer, and rational number
Arranging Real Numbers in Increasing or Decreasing Order

-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Negative Numbers Zero Positive Numbers

When using the number line, negative numbers can be found on the left side,
zero at the center, then positive numbers on the right side. When the number is going
on the farther left side, its value decreases. For example, -5 is less than -1. When the
number is going on the farther right side, its value increases. For example, 6 is
greater than 2.

Example 1: Compare the given numbers and plot these on the number line. Arrange
it in increasing and decreasing order.

A. -1 and -4 (-1 is greater than -4 or -4 is less than -1)

B. 0 and -6 ( 0 is greater than -6 or -6 is less than 0)
C. 1 and 7 ( 7 is greater than 1 or 1 is less than 7)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Now let’s try to arrange the following real numbers -1, -4, 0, -6, 1, 7.
Increasing order: -6, -4, -1, 0, 1, 7
Decreasing order: 7, 1, 0, -1, -4, -6

Example 2:
1 9 3
Arrange , ,
2 10 8
in ascending and descending order.
To arrange the given rational numbers in ascending or descending order, convert the
fractions into decimal representation.
1
2
= 0.5,
9
10
= 0.9
3
8
= 0.375
After converting, arrange the rational numbers in ascending or descending order.
3 1 9
Ascending order: 8
, 2
, 10
3 1 9
Descending order: 8, ,
2 10
 ACTIVITIES

Analyze the given questions. Write your answers on the space provided.

ACTIVITY 1: LET’S PRACTICE

Direction: Arrange the following real numbers in increasing order.

___________________________ 1) 3, -1, 12, -5, -2

___________________________ 2) 10, 0, -20, -10, 20
___________________________ 3) -2, -99, -18, -62, -40
___________________________ 4) 8, 0, -5, 20, 12
___________________________ 5) -1, -4, -3, 15, 4

ACTIVITY 2: KEEP PRACTICING

Direction: Locate the following numbers on the number line by naming the correct
point.

a) √2 = 1.4142… (Example)
b) -2.5
1 a) √2
c) −
2
d) 0.8888…
3 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
e) 3 4
f) √5

ACTIVITY 3: TEST YOURSELF

Direction: Check (✓) the subset in which the given number belongs.

Natural Whole Rational Irrational Real

Integer
Number Number Number Number Number
1) 0.888…
4
2) 9
3) 6

4) √11
5) -53
 WRAP-UP

Remember that…

There are different subsets of real numbers.

• Natural numbers are also known as counting numbers {1, 2, 3, …}
• Whole numbers are natural numbers with 0 {0, 1, 2, 3, …}
• Integers are whole numbers with negative numbers {…, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, …}
𝑎
• Rational numbers are any number that can be expressed in the form 𝑏 , where
a and b are integers and b ≠ 0. They are fractions that are terminating and
repeating.
• Irrational numbers are numbers that when you express in decimal
representation, they are non-repeating and non-terminating.
• The farther the negative number to zero, the lower the value. The farther the
positive number to zero, the higher the value.

VALUING

Reflections: (Journal Writing)

Real numbers are the union of all rational and irrational numbers.
Same with our experiences in life. Our lives consist of our rational and irrational
decisions. Sometimes we make mistakes but that doesn’t mean that we are a bad
person. On a separate sheet of paper, give one irrational decision that you made and
the reason why you made it. Then try to come up with a rational decision that you
think that would make that irrational decision right.

POSTTEST

Directions: Analyze the given questions below and choose only the letter of the
correct answer.

1. When you arrange 42, -9, 12, -7, -28, 3 in increasing order, what should be the
answer?
A. 3, 12, 42, -7, -9, -28 C. -7, -9, -28, 3, 12, 42
B. 42, 12, 3, -7, -9, 42 D. -28, -9, -7, 3, 12, 42
2. Which subset of real numbers does { , √6, √13, 2.31568924…} belong to?
A. integers C. natural numbers
B. whole numbers D. irrational numbers
3. Which set of numbers is arranged in increasing order?
A. -1, 3, 9 18, 25 C. 0, -3, -9, -12, 15
B. 5, 3, 0, -10, -20 D. -11, 4, -2, 1, 0
4. Which set of rational numbers is arranged in decreasing order?
7 8 3 8 7 3 7 3 8 3 7 8
A. , ,
11 9 7
B. , ,
9 11 7
C. , ,
11 7 9
D. , ,
7 11 9

5. What subsets of real numbers does -88 belongs to?

A. irrational numbers
B. integers, rational numbers
C. whole numbers, integers, rational numbers
D. natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, rational numbers
 KEY TO CORRECTION

✓ ✓ ✓ 5) -53
✓ ✓ 4) √11
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 3) 6
9
✓ ✓ 2)
4
✓ ✓ 1) 0.888…
Number Number Number Number Number
Integer
Natural Whole Rational Irrational Real
ACTIVITY 3: TEST YOURSELF

ACTIVITY 2: KEEP PRACTICING

3. -99, -62, -40, -18, -2
5. -4, -3, -1, 4, 15 2. -20, -10, 0, 10, 20
4. -5, 0, 8, 12, 20 1. -5, -2, -1, 3, 12
ACTIVITY 1: LET’S PRACTICE
ACTIVITIES
5. B 4. B 1. D 2. D 3. A
POSTTEST
5. B 4. C 1. A 2. B 3. A
RECAP
5. D 4. D 1. A 2. C 3. A
PRETEST

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