Wednesday, October 27, 2010

October 27

Real numbers are all numbers, the number system. Both rational and irrational
Rational numbers are numbers that can be written as fractions and decimals
Irrational numbers - numbers that you cannot find a perfect square of. "pie" is an irrational number, numbers that keep repeating
Natural numbers - the counting number not including zero,
Whole numbers - counting numbers including zero, don't include negative numbers
Integers - negative numbers, positive numbers and zero.  NOT including fractions and decimals.


3 - real, rational, integer, natural

-3 - integer, rational, real

3.33 - rational, real

1/2 - rational, real

√7 - irrational, real

pie - irrational and real

√25 - natural, whole, integer, rational, real

9/3 - natural, whole, integer, rational, real

√16/4 - natural, whole, integer, rational, real

43 - natural, whole, integer, rational, real
e - irrational, real

Number Bonds

Addition is always part plus part equals whole
Subtraction is whole minus part to find the other part

Multiplying Integers

negative x negative = positive
positive x positive = positive
positive x negative = negative
negative x positive = negative

The first statement is the who  The second is the action (what happened)  and the = is the result.
example:
  1. Mother Teresa wins the lottery = a good thing ( + x + = +)
  2. Mother Teresa gets mugged = a bad thing  (+ x -- = --)
  3. The Devil wins the lottery = a bad thing (-- x + = --)
  4. The Devil gets mugged = a good thing (-- x -- = +)
positive - Eric Bana
action - wins an oscar
negative - Lindsay Lohan
negative action - bad accident and gets deformed
  1. Eric Bana wins an oscar = a good thing - he gets more movie opportunities  (+ x + = +)
  2. Eric Bana gets in a horrible car crash and gets deformed =  a bad thing no more acting career for Eric Bana  (+ x -- = -)
  3. Lindsay Lohan wins an oscar = a bad thing - Why on earth would she win an oscar?  She's a horrible actress (-- x + = --)
  4. Lindsay Lohan gets in a horrible car crash and gets deformed = a good thing - she can get out of the spotlight and rebuild her life. (-- x -- = +)
Distributive Property
Trichotomy - there are three relationship 2 integers can have and only three.  
  1. negative < 
  2. less than > 
  3. equal to =

This is a transitivity statement;  a = b  b = c => a = c  
                                                6 < 8,  8 < 10 =>  6 <10

















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