Real Numbers

Basic Properties of the Real Numbers The real numbers behave like other numbers that we are used to dealing with We can add, subtract,

The field of all rational and irrational numbers is called the real numbers, or simply the reals, and denoted R The set of real numbers is also called

realms x ·Ry is a real number Multiplication is associative, commutative, and distributive over addition 0R

real steel Illustrated definition of Real Number: The type of number we normally use, such as 1, , , 34, etc Positive or negative, large or small,