The History and Types of Numbers: From Tally Marks to Real Numbers

The video explores the significance of numbers in daily life, tracing their history from ancient tally marks to modern systems. It explains natural, whole, and integer numbers, highlighting the invention of zero. The video introduces rational numbers as fractions and irrational numbers with non-repeating decimals, concluding with the concept of real numbers.

What are integers and how are they classified?

How do we denote the set of rational numbers and what does it represent?

In what scenarios do we use irrational numbers in real life?