Library Guides: Math Skills Overview Guide: Number Sets (2024)

Definitions:

Natural Numbers - Common counting numbers.

Prime Number - A natural number greater than 1 which has only 1 and itself as factors.

Composite Number - A natural number greater than 1 which has more factors than 1 and itself.

Whole Numbers - The set of Natural Numbers with the number 0 adjoined.

Integers - Whole Numbers with their opposites (negative numbers) adjoined.

Rational Numbers - All numbers which can be written as fractions.

Irrational Numbers - All numbers which cannot be written as fractions.

Real Numbers - The set of Rational Numbers with the set of Irrational Numbers adjoined.

Complex Number - A number which can be written in the form a + bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1.

Library Guides: Math Skills Overview Guide: Number Sets (2024)
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