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What is the real number system?
What is the real number system?
- A system that applies rules to prime and composite numbers
- A system that deals with complex numbers only
- A system that separates all numbers into five categories (correct)
- A system that includes only positive whole numbers
Which type of number cannot be identified on the number line?
Which type of number cannot be identified on the number line?
- Whole numbers
- Prime numbers
- Irrational numbers
- Complex numbers (correct)
What distinguishes irrational numbers from rational numbers?
What distinguishes irrational numbers from rational numbers?
- Rational numbers have a real and imaginary component
- Irrational numbers have a non-repeating, non-terminating decimal representation (correct)
- Irrational numbers can be expressed as a fraction
- Rational numbers are whole numbers only
What type of number can be identified on the number line and used to measure distance?
What type of number can be identified on the number line and used to measure distance?