How Numbers Are Classified

 

 

All Numbers

Imaginary

Numbers

Real

Numbers

Numbers that seem to be impossible

√(-25), (-4)¾

Irrational

Numbers

 

Rational

Numbers

 

Numbers that cannot be written as a ratio (fraction).

π, (2)­.5 , 51/2, √(3)

Fractions

Integers

 

 

Numbers that are or include parts of a whole.

 

½ , 1 ¾ , - ¼ , 1.6, -.3

Negative Counting

Numbers

Whole Numbers

 

 

 

Numbers that represent the opposites of the counting numbers.

…-3,-2,-1

Zero

Counting (Natural) Numbers

 

 

 

 

0

1,2,3,…