Real Numbers in the Real World

The number of points a team scores in a football game

• Rational

• Integer

• Irrational

• Whole

The value of bills in a person's wallet

• Integer

• Irrational

• Rational

• Whole

The cost of an item at the store

• Irrational

• Rational

• Whole

• Integer

The value of coins in a purse

• Rational

• Whole

• Irrational

• Integer

The area of a circular platform

• Natural

• Integer

• Rational

• Irrational

The balance of a checking account

• Irrational

• Whole

• Rational

• Integer

The circumference of a circular table when the diameter is 5, 7, or 9

• Irrational

• Whole

• Integer

• Rational

The length of one side of a square that has an area of 10 square feet

• Whole

• Rational

• Integer

• Irrational

The change in value of an account when given to the nearest dollar

• Whole

• Rational

• Irrational

• Integer

The number of seconds left when a song is playing, displayed as a negative whole number

• Rational

• Whole

• Integer

• Irrational