Types of Numbers

Summary

 

there are many different types of numbers and mathematical operations that can be carried out on them.

 

Key Skills

  • list the multiples of a number
  • list the factors of a number
  • write a number as a product of its prime factors
  • test whether a number is prime
  • find the reciprocalsquare and square root of a number
  • write a number in standard form

Vocabulary

setelementwhole numbersnatural numbersintegersrational number,irrational numbersreal numbersfactorprime numberreciprocalsquare, square root.