Numbers

Types of Numbers

Integers are whole numbers (both positive and negative, including zero). So they are ..., -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, .... So a negative integer is a negative whole number, such as -3, -10 or -23. Natural numbers are positive integers. A rational number is a number which can be written as a fraction where numerator and denominator are integers (where the top and bottom of the fraction are whole numbers). For example 1/2, 4, 1.75 (=7/4). Irrational numbers are numbers which cannot be written as fractions, such as pi and √2. In decimal form these numbers go on forever and the same pattern of digits are not repeated. Squar ...