{"id":21,"date":"2018-12-11T13:22:19","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T13:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/businesstechnicalmath\/part\/foundations-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T20:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:15:20","slug":"foundations-2","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/businesstechnicalmath\/part\/foundations-2\/","title":{"raw":"1. Operations with Real Numbers","rendered":"1. Operations with Real Numbers"},"content":{"raw":"The chart below shows us how the number sets fit together. In this chapter we will work with rational numbers, but you will be also introduced to irrational numbers. The set of rational numbers together with the set of irrational numbers make up the set of real numbers.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/oerdiscipline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/361\/2021\/08\/CNX_ElemAlg_Figure_01_08_001_new.jpg\" alt=\"This figure consists of a Venn diagram. To start there is a large rectangle marked Real Numbers. The right half of the rectangle consists of Irrational Numbers. The left half consists of Rational Numbers. Within the Rational Numbers rectangle, there are Integers \u2026, negative 2, negative 1, 0, 1, 2, \u2026. Within the Integers rectangle, there are Whole Numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, \u2026 Within the Whole Numbers rectangle, there are Counting Numbers 1, 2, 3, \u2026\" data-media-type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>","rendered":"<p>The chart below shows us how the number sets fit together. In this chapter we will work with rational numbers, but you will be also introduced to irrational numbers. The set of rational numbers together with the set of irrational numbers make up the set of real numbers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/oerdiscipline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/361\/2021\/08\/CNX_ElemAlg_Figure_01_08_001_new.jpg\" alt=\"This figure consists of a Venn diagram. To start there is a large rectangle marked Real Numbers. The right half of the rectangle consists of Irrational Numbers. The left half consists of Rational Numbers. Within the Rational Numbers rectangle, there are Integers \u2026, negative 2, negative 1, 0, 1, 2, \u2026. Within the Integers rectangle, there are Whole Numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, \u2026 Within the Whole Numbers rectangle, there are Counting Numbers 1, 2, 3, \u2026\" data-media-type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-21","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/businesstechnicalmath\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/businesstechnicalmath\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/businesstechnicalmath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/businesstechnicalmath\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2193,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/businesstechnicalmath\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/21\/revisions\/2193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/businesstechnicalmath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/businesstechnicalmath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/businesstechnicalmath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}