Section 1-2
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Section 1-2 Real Numbers
Number Line • used to show sets of real numbers • Positive numbers are to the right of zero • Negative numbers are to the leftof zero
Natural Number Definition Symbol N • Counting Numbers
Whole Number Definition Symbol W • The natural numbers and zero
Integer Definition Symbol Z • Whole numbers and their opposites
Rational Number Definition Symbol Q • Any number that can be written as a fraction where
irRational Number Definition Symbol I • Non-repeating, non-terminating decimals • Can’t be written as a fraction
Real Number Definition Symbol • All of the above
Square Root • One of two equal factors of a number Radicand • Expression under the radical
Principal Square Root • The nonnegative square root of a number Perfect Square • Square root is a rational root
Graph • To draw or plot a point named by a number coordinate • The number that corresponds to a point on a number line