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Real Numbers Unit Test Study Guide The Real Number System: in A Repeating Pattern
Real Numbers Unit Test Study Guide The Real Number System: in A Repeating Pattern
Therealnumbersystem
*AnumberthatisanirrationalnumberisNEVERrational,aninteger,wholenumber,ornatural.
*Anumberthatisanaturalnumber,wholenumber,integer,orrationalisNEVERirrational
*Terminatingdecimalsaredecimalsthatstop.Theycanbechangedtoafraction.
*Repeatingdecimalsaredecimalsthatgoforever
inarepeatingpattern
*Irrationaldecimalsgoforeverbutdonothavearepetitivepattern.
*0.12345678910111213141516171819isnotarepeatingpattern.Thisisarandomset
ofdigits!
*isirrationalbecauseitgoesforeveranddoesnotrepeatinapattern.Anythingadded
to,subtractedfrom,multipliedby,ordividedwithisirrational
*Perfectsquaresandcubesarerationalbecausetheyareequivalentinvaluetowholenumbers,
integers,orcountingnumbers.
*Ifthenumberisexpressedasasquarerootandyoucannotmakeasquarewiththatarea,
thenitisnotaperfectsquareandisthereforeirrational.
*Ifanumberisnatural,itisalsoaninteger,wholenumber,rationalandreal.
*Ifanumberisawholenumber,itisalsoaninteger,rational,andreal.
*Ifanumberisaninteger,itisalsorationalandreal.
*Ifanumberisrational,itisalsoreal.
*Ifanumberisaninteger,itisalsoreal.
*Ifanumberisirrational,itisalsoreal.
*Theonlynumberswewillseethatarenotrealnumbersaresquarerootsthathaveanegative
signinsideoftheradicalsuchas 4 or 38 becauseitdoesnotfitthedefinitionofasquare
root.Itisimpossibletogetthesenumbersusingtherealnumbersystem,sotheyareimaginary.
****REMEMBER!!Alwayssimplifyfractionsbeforeyoudecidewhatcategoryitfallsinto!
Numberslike8/4simplifyto2,soitisnotonlyarationalnumber,butanatural,whole,and
integernumberaswell!
****REMEMBER!!!Notallnegativenumbersareintegers!0.34598345312048isirrational,
NOTaninteger!
Practice!
Writeeverysetofnumbersthateachnumberbelongsto.Justifyifthenumberisrationalby
writingitasanequivalentfraction.
1. 0.35
2. 12.34
3. 18/3
4. 4/2
5. 82
6. 196
3
7. 216
8. 0
9. 82
10. 0.837202...
EstimatingIrrationalNumbers
1. Determinewhichperfectsquaresthenumberfallsbetweenonthenumberlineanddraw
thenumberline.Labelapproximatelywhereyouthinkthatnumbershouldgo.
2. Subtractthelargerperfectsquarefromthesmallerperfectsquaretoseehowmanyunits
arebetweenthenumbers.Thatisthedenominator(baseunit)foryourestimate.
3. Subtractthenumberyouareestimatingfromthesmallerperfectsquaretofindhowmany
unitsawaythatnumberis.Thisisyournumerator.
4. Ifnecessary,converttoadecimalbydividingthenumeratorbythedenominator.
Practice:Estimatethefollowingirrationalnumberstothenearesthundredth
1. 19
2. 125
3. 132
4. 48
5. 72
ComparingandOrderingRealNumbers
1. Drawanumberlineandlabelitwithcountingnumbersandsquareroots.
2. Locatewherethefractionsanddecimalsgoonthenumberlineandlabelthem
3. Locatewherethesquarerootsgoonthenumberlineandlabelthem.Ifnecessary,
estimatetheirrationalnumbers.
Practice!
1.Placethefollowingnumbersinorderfromleasttogreatest:
3.82, 12 ,3 25
2.Placethefollowingnumbersinorderfromgreatesttoleast:
9.5 ,9 12 , 82
3.Whatisthelargestintegervaluelessthan 32 ?
4.Whatisthesmallestintegervaluegreaterthan 152 ?
ChangingRepeatingDecimalstoFractions
1. Lookatyournumbertoseewhatdigitsareintherepeatingpatternandwhatnumbers,if
any,arenot.
2. Findyournumerator
a. Ifallofthedigitsrepeat,thenthedigitsinthepatternarethenumerator
b. Ifonlysomeofthedigitsrepeat,thensubtractthenonrepeatingdigitsfromthe
wholedecimal.Thisisyournumerator.
3. Findyourdenominator
a. Foreachdigitthatrepeats,placea9inthedenominator.
b. Foreachdigitthatdoesnotrepeat,placea0inthedenominator
4. Simplifyifnecessary
Practice!Changethefollowingrepeatingdecimalstofractionsofequivalentvalue
1. 0.5
2. 0.76
3. 0.52
4. 0.45
5. 0.04
SquareRoots
*Asquarerootisthesidelengthofasquarethatwhenmultipliedbyitselfresultsinthegiven
areaofthesquare.
*Aperfectsquareisanumberthatcanbetheareaofasquarewitharationalorwholenumber
sidelength.
****MEMORIZEYOURPERFECTSQUARESUPTHROUGH15!!!***
*Tofindthesidelengthofasquaregiventhearea,findthesquarerootofthatnumber.
* s2 = A sidesquaredisequivalenttotheareaofasquare
*Nonumbertimesitselfisequivalenttoanegativeinteger,sothesenumbersareimaginary
Practice!Solveeachproblem.
1. 81
2. 36
3. s2 = 64
4. Asquaretablehasanareaof121squareinches.Whatisthelengthofeachside?
CubeRoots
*Acuberootisthesidelengthofacubethatwhenmultipliedbyitselfthreetimestofindthe
givenvolumeofacube
*Aperfectcubeisanumberthatcanbethevolumeofacubewitharationalorintegerside
length.
*Tofindthesidelengthofacubegiventhevolume,findthecuberootofthatnumber.
* s3 = V sidecubedisequivalenttothevolumeofacube
*Tofindthesurfaceareaofacubegiventhevolume
1. Findthecuberootofthenumber
2. Findtheareaofeachsideofthecubebysquaringthelengthoftheside(eachsideisa
square)
3. Multiplythatanswerby6(6facesonacube)
*Tofindthevolumeofacubegiventhesurfacearea
1. Dividethesurfaceareaby6(6facesonacube)
2. Findthesquarerootofthisnumbertofindthelengthofthesideofthecube(eachsideis
asquare)
3. Cubethatnumbertofindthevolumeofthecube
*Tofindthesidelengthofacubegiventhesurfacearea
1. Dividethesurfaceareaby6(6facesonacube)
2. Findthesquarerootofthatnumber(eachsideisasquare)
***Memorizeyourperfectcubesthrough10!***
Practice!Solveeachproblem
1. Acubehasavolumeof512.Whatisthelengthoftheside?
2. Acubehasasurfaceareaof294.Whatisthevolume?
3. Acubehasasurfaceareaof96.Whatisthelengthoftheside?
4. s3 = 8
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