The Number System
______ is a decimal which has a final digit (aka it stops).
What is a terminating decimal
What two types of decimals can be rational numbers.
What is terminating, repeating decimals.
Name two ways irrational number may be expressed.
What is square roots that are not perfect squares, decimals that are non-repeating and non-terminating
what whole #s does the square root of 13 come between?
What is 3 & 4
Name three consecutive integers
What is ...-1, -2, -3, 0, 1, 2, 3...
___________ is a decimal which has a repeating pattern
What is a repeating decimal
A rational number is any number that can be written as ____.
What is a ratio
Which of the following is an irrational number: .121212121212... .456661455561... .456745674567...
What is .456661455561...
Name two sub sets of numbers within the rational numbers set.
What is whole numbers and integers
A number made by squaring a whole number.
What is a Perfect Square.
A rational number is this type of square root
What is a perfect square
Which of the following is an irrational number: √49 √144 √62
What is √62
3.12703182091809... falls into what set of numbers?
What is irrational numbers, real numbers.
An irrational number is any number that can not be written in what form?
What is a ratio
9/8 is a __________ (terminating or repeating) decimal.
What is terminating decimal, 1.125.
Why is pi considered an irrational number?
What is because it is a non-repeating non-terminating decimal.
√144 falls into what set(s) of numbers?
What is whole numbers, integers, rational numbers and real numbers.
A real number can be what type(s) of numbers?
What is whole numbers, integers, rational numbers, irrational numbers
85/15 is a __________ (repeating or terminating) decimal.
What is repeating decimal, 5.6...
Give your own example of an irrational number.
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