What is the definition of a real number?

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Meredith Powell

Mathematics

14 October, 10:00

What is the definition of a real number?

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Joselyn · Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

A real number is a number that can be found on a number line. Numbers we use everyday. Real numbers include : natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, fractions, rational numbers, and irrational numbers. They do not include imaginary numbers, numbers that cannot be quantified, such as square root of - 1.

Hugo · Answer 2

A real number encompasses all numbers, whether it be irrational (irrational numbers go on forever) like pi or the square root of 5, an integer like a negative, a decimal, a fraction, 0, a whole number, a natural number etc.

Step-by-step explanation:

A real number encompasses all numbers, whether it be irrational (irrational numbers go on forever) like pi or the square root of 5, an integer like a negative, a decimal, a fraction, 0, a whole number, a natural number etc. (This doesn't include imaginary numbers however, like the square root of - 1.)