Number Systems Vocabulary

Which number system includes both positive and negative whole numbers?

• Natural numbers

• Whole numbers

• Integers

• Irrational numbers

What is the absolute value of a number?

• A number that can't be written as a fraction

• A number that goes on forever

• The distance of a number from zero on a number line

• Any number greater than zero

On a number line, which numbers are found to the left of zero?

• Positive numbers

• Whole numbers

• Natural numbers

• Negative numbers

What type of numbers can be written by dividing one integer by another?

• Natural numbers

• Rational numbers

• Irrational numbers

• Whole numbers

Which type of numbers includes all counting numbers starting from 1?

• Whole numbers

• Natural numbers

• Integers

• Real numbers

What type of number CANNOT be written as a simple fraction?

• Real numbers

• Rational numbers

• Irrational numbers

• Natural numbers

What term describes something that is endless or unlimited?

• Irrational

• Infinity

• Integer

• Real

Which number system includes 0, 1, 2, 3, and so on, but NOT negative numbers?

• Integers

• Rational numbers

• Whole numbers

• Real numbers

Which type of numbers includes ALL numbers that can be found on a number line?

• Real numbers

• Rational numbers

• Natural numbers

• Integers

Which statement is true about numbers on a number line?

• Negative numbers are always larger than positive numbers

• Numbers get smaller as you move right

• Larger numbers are found on the right

• Zero is the largest number