types of numbers

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    • natural numbers
      positive counting numbers represented with the letter N
    • integers
      the entire set of whole numbers positive or negative symbolised by Z
    • rational numbers
      integers along with recurring and terminating decimals expressed as a fraction with whole numbers as the numerator and denominator represented with the letter Q
    • irrational number
      a number that cannot be written as a fraction, terminating, or recurring decimal using the symbol I
    • real numbers
      any number that lies on a number line represented as R
    • how do you calculate the number of significant figures
      identify the first non zero number, and count all the digits in the number to find the amount
    • what is a surd
      When we can't simplify a number to remove a square root (or cube root etc) then it is a surd.
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