Intermediate Algebra

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 Chapter1.2
Chapter 2

 Classifying Real
Numbers
 Set Builders
Notation
 Algebraic
Expressions
 Absolute Value
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 Numbers that are
Numbers that make up the number line. NOT rational
Natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, rational numbers and irrational numbers.

  Numbers that can be written

as a fraction , where a & b are integers

Counting Positive
numbers & 0 & negative
Counting numbers whole
numbers

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 Classify the following numbers
0
 

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G1- 1A,B 2A 3A,B 4A
G2- 1B,C 2A 3B,C 4B
G3- 1D,E 2B 3D,E 4C
G4- 1E,F 2B 3E,F 4C

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Number Line

–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5

Negative Positive
numbers numbers

Identify
 

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Set Builder Notation
{ x | x is natural number less than 5}

The set of all x such that x is a natural number less than 5.

Examples
1. {x | x is a whole number greater than }
 

2. {x | x is a natural number less than 100}

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Algebraic Expressions
Evaluate a – 5b when a = 20 and b =
 

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Evaluate each expression for the given values of the variables.

 1.

 2.

 3.

Which operation symbol goes with each word?

4. Sum 5. Product

6. Quotient 7. Difference

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 Word Phrases Expression
• a number plus 5
+ • sum of a number and 5 n+5
• 5 more than a number
• subtract 11 from a number

– • difference of a number and 11 x – 11

• 11 less than a number

• 3 multiplied by a number
 • product of 3 and a number
3  m or 3m

• 7 divided into a number

 • quotient of a number and 7
a
7
or a  7

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Think and Share !
G1- A
G2- B
G3- C
G4- D

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 Absolute Value
 
The absolute value of a number a, denoted
is the distance from that number to the origin (0)
Example;

4.

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