The Real Number System

What has a head, a tail,

but does not have a
body?

A COIN
 Who is bigger, Mr.
Bigger, Mrs. Bigger, or
their baby?
The baby, since he is a little
Bigger.
What do you call a
woman who knows
where her husband is all
the time?

A WIDOW
The Real Number System
Did you know????
Biologists classify animals based on shared
characteristics. The horned lizard is an animal,
a reptile, a lizard, and a gecko.

Animal
Reptile

Lizard
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Gecko
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Sets of Numbers – (using a tree map)

3   3.1415926....
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RATIONAL NUMBERS (Q)
• Integers (Z) – Positive or negative natural
numbers or zero
- Exact numbers
Ex. -2, -1, 0, 1, 2

• Non-integers – decimals and fractions

Ex. ½, 2/3, -4/7, 9/2, 0.5, 0.75
INTEGERS (Z)
• Whole Numbers – natural counting numbers and
zero { 0,1, 2, 3....}
– Natural Numbers– natural counting numbers { 1, 2, 3,
….}
– Zero

• Negative Integers
Examples: -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1
 Real Numbers
Rational Numbers Irrational Numbers
4.5 27 0.3
4 10
17
Integers 
-3 11
-1 -7 2
Whole Numbers
0 e
Natural Numbers 
3
1 2  11
Sets of Numbers – (using a tree map)

3   3.1415926....
 Let’s practice
Directions: Identify each number below as natural, whole, integer,
rational, irrational, or real. More than one answer can apply.

integer,
7 Rational,
real 9 rational, real

Whole, 4 rational, real

0 integer, 
rational, real 5
 Let’s practice
Directions: Identify each number below as natural, whole, integer, rational,
irrational, or real. More than one answer can apply.

Natural,
Whole,
6 irrational, real
16 integer,
rational, real

Natural, integer,
8 Whole,
integer,
 25 rational, real

rational, real
 SEATWORK
Write all classifications that apply to each number.

16
2 real, irrational  real, integer,
rational
2

25
0
4 9
not a real number rational
SEATWORK

• Classwork 11-12
page 31.