Number Sets & Infinity
Appreciate the infinite nature of the sets of integers, real numbers, and rational numbers; position integers on a number line and distinguish between rational and irrational numbers
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Can your child explain that numbers like √2 and π can't be written as exact fractions — and that their decimal expansions go on forever without repeating?
Appreciate the infinite nature of the sets of integers, real numbers, and rational numbers; position integers on a number line and distinguish between rational and irrational numbers
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- Explain that rational numbers can be written as a fraction of two integers and have terminating or repeating decimals
- Give examples of irrational numbers and explain why their decimal expansions neither terminate nor repeat
- Appreciate that between any two numbers there are infinitely many other numbers
“Can your child explain that numbers like √2 and π can't be written as exact fractions — and that their decimal expansions go on forever without repeating?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Number Representation & Place Value
- Age range
- Ages 13–14
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