Welcome to honors math!

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

1. Take out your homework (squares and square roots).

2.Warm UpsFind the two square roots of each number. 1. 144

12

2.

256

16

Evaluate each expression.

3. 8+ 144 20 4. 7 289
119
3. Objective: Classify real numbers. 4. Work on your homework side of your homework from yesterday.

5. Read quietly when finished with everything.

Rational Numbers

A rational number is any number that can n be written as a fraction , where n and d d are integers and d 0. Decimals that terminate or repeat are rational numbers.

Numerator

n d

Denominator

Real Numbers

Vocabulary
irrational number real number

Biologists classify animals based on shared characteristics. The gray lesser mouse lemur is an animal, a mammal, a primate, and a lemur. You already know that some numbers can be classified as whole numbers,integers, or rational numbers. The number 2 is a whole number, an integer, and a rational number. It is also a real number.

Animals Mammals

Primates Lemurs

Recall that rational numbers can be written as fractions. Rational numbers can also be written as decimals that either terminate or repeat. 3 4 = 3.8 5 2 = 0.6 3 1.44 = 1.2

Irrational numbers can only be written as decimals that do not terminate or repeat. If a whole number is not a perfect square, then its square root is an irrational number. 2 1.4142135623730950488016 Helpful Hint A repeating decimal may not appear to repeat on a calculator, because calculators show a finite number of digits.

The set of real numbers consists of the set of rational numbers and the set of irrational numbers. Real Numbers Rational numbers Irrational numbers

Integers
Whole numbers

Additional Examples 1: Classifying Real Numbers

Write all names that apply to each number.

A. 5 is a whole number that is not a perfect square. irrational, real 5

B. 12.75 12.75 is a terminating decimal. rational, real C. 16 2 16 4 = =2 2 2

whole, integer, rational, real

Try This: Example 1

Write all names that apply to each number.

A. 9 9 =3

whole, integer, rational, real

B.

35.9 35.9 is a terminating decimal. rational, real

81 81 9 = =3 3 3 3 whole, integer, rational, real

C.

Additional Examples 2: Determining the Classification of All Numbers

State if the number is rational, irrational, or not a real number.

A. 15 irrational B.

15 is a whole number that is not a perfect square.

0 3
rational

0 =0 3

Additional Examples 2: Determining the Classification of All Numbers

State if the number is rational, irrational, or not a real number.

C. 9 not a real number 4 9 rational

D.

2 3

2 4 = 3 9

Try This: Examples 2

State if the number is rational, irrational, or not a real number.

A. 23 irrational B. 23 is a whole number that is not a perfect square.

9 0 not a number, so not a real number

Try This: Examples 2

State if the number is rational, irrational, or not a real number.

C. 7 not a real number

D.

64 81
rational

8 9

8 64 = 9 81