{"id":4434,"date":"2021-11-24T08:38:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T08:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stgwebsite.mindspark.in\/studymaterial\/?page_id=4434"},"modified":"2022-01-03T07:35:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T07:35:15","slug":"types-of-numbers-number-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stgwebsite.mindspark.in\/studymaterial\/math-concepts\/types-of-numbers-number-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Types of Numbers &#8211; Number system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; module_class=&#8221;mainsec&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.10.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e0f2fd&#8221; z_index=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;5px||5px||true|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.10.8&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1310px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|51px|40px|51px|false|true&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;|40px|30px|40px|false|true&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|10px|10px|10px|10px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Column L&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.10&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Acute Angles<br \/>\n&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.13.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;50px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.18em&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|0px||4px|false|false&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;35px&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Types of Numbers &#8211; Number system<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.13.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#a01414&#8243; header_3_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;15px|15px|54px|4px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>In this article, we are going to learn about different types of numbers with the help of examples and learn how to identify them.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Types of numbers<\/b><b><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Based on the number system, the numbers are classified into six types.<\/strong><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>1. Natural numbers\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the positive counting numbers starting from 1 till infinity are known as natural numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Representation of a set of natural numbers is done by the letter \u201cN\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, &#8230;&#8230;}<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>2. Whole numbers\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the natural numbers along with 0 are known as whole numbers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Representation of a set of whole numbers is done by the letter \u201cW\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">W = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, &#8230;&#8230;}<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>3. Integers<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zero and positive numbers along with negative numbers are known as Integers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Representation of a set of integers is done by the letter \u201cZ\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Z = {&#8230;.., (-3), (-2), (-1), 0, 1, 2, 3, &#8230;&#8230;}<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>4. Rational numbers<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the numbers that can be written in the form of <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\frac{a}{b}<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0are known as rational numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201ca\u201d &amp; \u201cb\u201d are integers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b \u2260 0.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Representation of a set of rational numbers is done by the letter \u201cQ\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The decimal expansion of these numbers can be of two types.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Terminating<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non terminating but recurring (Recurring in decimal numbers means digits after decimal point keep repeating till infinity).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\frac{1}{2}, \\frac{3}{4}, \\frac{2}{1}, \\frac{-1}{3}, \\frac{8}{9}, \\frac{17}{2}<\/span> and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>5. Irrational numbers<\/b><b><\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the numbers which can not be written in the form of <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\frac{a}{b}<\/span> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are known as irrational numbers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201ca\u201d &amp; \u201cb\u201d are integers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b \u2260 0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The decimal expansion of these numbers is always non-terminating and non-recurring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\sqrt{2}, \\sqrt{3}, \\sqrt{5},-\\sqrt{7}<\/span> and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>6. Real numbers<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The group of rational numbers and irrational numbers are known as real numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All types of numbers mentioned above are real numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Representation of a set of real numbers is done by the letter \u201cR\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\sqrt{5},-\\sqrt{7}, \\frac{2}{1}, \\frac{-1}{3}, 0,6,8<\/span>and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Based on the divisibility by 2, numbers are classified into two types.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><b>1. Even numbers<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These numbers are exactly divisible by 2 and end with 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2, 4, 10, 20 and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>2. Odd numbers<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These numbers are not divisible by 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1, 9, 11, 27 and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Based on the number of factors, numbers are classified into two types.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><b>1. Prime numbers\u00a0<\/b><b><\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These numbers have only two factors i.e., 1 and the number itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2, 3, 5, 11, 23 and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>2. Composite numbers<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These numbers have more than two factors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6, 8, 14, 24 and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Solved Examples<\/b><b><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>1. Find eight rational numbers having a value more than 6 but less than 7.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Solution:<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, 6 and 7 are written in the form of <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\frac{a}{b}<\/span> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and b = 8 + 1 = 9<\/span><\/p>\n<span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">6=\\frac{6 \\times 9}{9}=\\frac{54}{9} <\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">7=\\frac{7 \\times 9}{9}=\\frac{63}{9}<\/span>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The eight rational numbers between 6 and 7 are <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\frac{55}{9}, \\frac{56}{9}, \\frac{57}{9}, \\frac{58}{9}, \\frac{59}{9}, \\frac{60}{9}, \\frac{61}{9} \\text { and } \\frac{62}{9}<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>2. Show that <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">5 . \\overline{3}<\/span> <\/b><b>is a rational number.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Solution:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Assume that <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">x=5. \\overline{3}<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">100 x=533 . \\overline{3} <\/span><br \/><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">10 x=53 . \\overline{3} <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">100 x-10 x=533 . \\overline{3}-53 . \\overline{3}=480 <\/span><br \/><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\Rightarrow 90 x=480<\/span><\/p>\n<span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\Rightarrow x=\\frac{480}{90}=\\frac{16}{3}<\/span>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since x can be represented in the form of a fraction, it is rational in nature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; module_id=&#8221;stickysideR&#8221; 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