Different Types of Numbers
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2026 1:47 pm
Natural Numbers:
1, 2, 3, 4 ...
Whole Numbers:
0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ...
Integers:
... -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ...
Real Numbers:
Any possible number besides Imaginary Numbers
Rational Numbers:
Numbers that can be expressed as a fraction. This includes repeating decimals and terminating decimals
Irrational Numbers:
Numbers that cannot be expressed as a fraction such as non-repeating decimals and non-terminating decimals.
Square roots of non-perfect squares are irrational.
Imaginary Numbers:
These come about by squaring negative numbers. They are numbers followed by \(i\).