NUMBER SYSTEMS - NCERT

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NUMBER SYSTEMS1CHAPTER1NUMBER IntroductionIn your earlier classes, you have learnt about the NUMBER line and how to representvarious types of numbers on it (see Fig. ).Fig. : The NUMBER lineJust imagine you start from zero and go on walking along this NUMBER line in thepositive direction. As far as your eyes can see, there are numbers, numbers andnumbers!Fig. suppose you start walking along the NUMBER line, and collecting some of thenumbers. Get a bag ready to store them!2022-232MATHEMATICS3-4016622-752190 Z340167452601422580-3-757-66-21-40317134 016745260129580W940167452601465258031171 10NYou might begin with picking up only naturalnumbers like 1, 2, 3, and so on.

of all rational numbers and irrational numbers together make up what we call the collection of real numbers, which is denoted by R. Therefore, a real number is either rational or irrational. So, we can say that every real number is represented by a unique point on the number line. Also, every point on the number line represents a unique real ...

  Number, Rational, Irrational, And irrational