Number System | āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ
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Number System | āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ
Mathematician Ramanujan (Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar, 1887–1920) often said, "Numbers are my friends." From the very beginning of our school life, we use numbers every day. Therefore, numbers are our familiar friends.
āĻāĻŖāĻŋāϤāĻā§āĻ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āύāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϏ ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻāύ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻžā§° (ā§§ā§Žā§Žā§–ā§§ā§¯ā§¨ā§Ļ)-āĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, "āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§ā§° āĻŽā§ā§° āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āĨ¤" āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻā§ā§ąāύ⧰ āĻāĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§ āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻāĻŖāĻŋā§° āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ⧠āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°ā§āĻāĨ¤ āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻšā§ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§ā§° āĻāĻŽāĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āĨ¤
Natural Numbers | āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž
The numbers used for counting are called Natural Numbers. Since these numbers arise from the basic idea of counting, they are known as natural numbers.
Ex: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ... , 100, ...
The set of natural numbers is written as: {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...}
āĻāĻŖāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§ā§°āĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž (Natural Numbers) āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻŖāύāĻžā§° āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§ā§°ā§° āĻā§āĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: ā§§, ⧍, ā§Š, ā§Ē, ā§Ģ, ā§Ŧ, ... , ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ, ...
āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻĻā§°ā§ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ : {ā§§, ⧍, ā§Š, ā§Ē, ā§Ģ, ...}
Whole Numbers | āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž
When the number 0 (zero) is included with the natural numbers, the new set of numbers is called Whole Numbers. āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠ā§Ļ (āĻļā§āύā§āϝ) āϝā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āϝāĻŋ āύāϤā§āύ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž (Whole Numbers) āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
The set of whole numbers is written as (āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻĻā§°ā§ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ): {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...}{ā§Ļ, ā§§, ⧍, ā§Š, ā§Ē, ā§Ģ, ...}
Number Line | āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻž
With the help of a number line, we can determine the positions of whole numbers. āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻž (Number Line)-ā§° āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§ā§°ā§° āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏāĻšāĻā§ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻāĨ¤
Ex: 0 â 1 â 2 â 3 â 4 â 5 â ... / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: ā§Ļ â ā§§ â ⧍ â ā§Š â ā§Ē â ā§Ģ â ...
Number Line | āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻž
On a straight line, we first choose a fixed point and mark it as 0 (zero). Then, by marking equal distances on the right side of this point, we place 1, 2, 3, 4, .... This representation is called a number line. (āĻāĻĄāĻžāϞ āϏ⧰āϞ ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻāĻāĻž āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§ āϞ⧠āϤāĻžāĻ ā§Ļ (āĻļā§āύā§āϝ) āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āϏā§āĻāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧠āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻā§ā§°āϤā§āĻŦāϤ ā§§, ⧍, ā§Š, ā§Ē, ... āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻāĻĒāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻž (Number Line) āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
Integers | āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻ
The collection of numbers obtained by including negative numbers (-1, -2, -3, ...), zero (0), and positive whole numbers (1, 2, 3, ...) is called Integers. The set of integers is written as: {..., –3, –2, –1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, ...}. The positions of integers can be represented on the number line.
āĻāĻŖāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž (-ā§§, -⧍, -ā§Š, ...), āĻļā§āύā§āϝ (ā§Ļ) āĻā§°ā§ āϧāύāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž (ā§§, ⧍, ā§Š, ...) āĻāĻā§āϞāĻā§ āϞ'āϞ⧠āϝāĻŋ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻ (Integers) āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻā§° āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻĻā§°ā§ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ - {..., –ā§Š, –⧍, –ā§§, ā§Ļ, ā§§, ⧍, ā§Š, ā§Ē, ...} āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻāϏāĻŽā§āĻšā§° āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāϤ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Rational Numbers | āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž
A number that can be written in the form p/q, where p and q are integers and q ≠ 0, is called a Rational Number. Ex: 1/2, 3/4, –5/7. Every rational number has a definite position on the number line. For example, 1/2 lies between 0 and 1.
āϝāĻŋ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ p/q āĻāĻāĻžā§°āϤ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋ, āϝ'āϤ p āĻā§°ā§ q āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻ āĻā§°ā§ q ≠ 0, āϤā§āύ⧠āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž (Rational Number) āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: ā§§/⧍, ā§Š/ā§Ē, –ā§Ģ/ā§. āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžā§° āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāϤ āĻāĻ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻĒā§, ā§§/⧍ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž ā§Ļ āĻā§°ā§ ā§§-ā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
Irrational Numbers | āĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž
Do irrational numbers exist ? Yes.
Numbers that cannot be written in the form p/q, where p and q are integers and q ≠ 0, are called Irrational Numbers. Ex: √2, √3, π. These numbers also have definite positions on the number line.
āĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāĻā§ āύā§āĻāĻŋ? āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āϝāĻŋ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ p/q āĻāĻāĻžā§°āϤ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻŦ āύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°āĻŋ, āϝ'āϤ p āĻā§°ā§ q āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻ āĻā§°ā§ q ≠ 0, āϤā§āύ⧠āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž (Irrational Numbers) āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: √⧍, √ā§Š, π (āĻĒāĻžāĻ) āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§ā§°ā§°ā§ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāϤ āĻāĻ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Real Numbers | āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž
Both rational numbers and irrational numbers can be represented on the number line. Therefore, together they are called Real Numbers. Thus, Real Numbers = Rational Numbers + Irrational Numbers.
āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž—āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāϤ āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤ āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻšā§ āĻāĻ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§° āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāĻā§āϞāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž (Real Numbers) āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§, āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž = āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž + āĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž
Real Numbers & Fundamental Mathematical Operations : āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻ āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž
1. Real Numbers (āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž) : Real Numbers are the collection of all Rational Numbers and Irrational Numbers. (āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž (Real Numbers) āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋāϞ⧠āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž (Rational Numbers) āĻā§°ā§ āĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž (Irrational Numbers)-ā§° āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
Real Numbers = Rational Numbers + Irrational Numbers (āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž = āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž + āĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž)
2. Fundamental Mathematical Operations (āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻ āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž)
The four basic mathematical operations on real numbers are: Addition (+), Subtraction (−), Multiplication (×), Division (÷) [āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻāĻž āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻ āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻš'āϞ : āϝā§āĻ (+), āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻ (−), āĻā§āĻŖ (×), āĻāĻžāĻ (÷)]
Real numbers obey certain mathematical properties. (āĻāĻ āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϏāĻŽā§āĻšā§° āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āϤ āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻāϞā§āĨ¤)
3. Identity Property (āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧ āĻā§āĻŖ) : a + 0 = a, 0 + a = a, a − 0 = a, 0 − a = −a, a × 1 = a, 1 × a = a, 0 ÷ a = 0 (a ≠ 0)
Remember: Division by zero (a ÷ 0) is not defined. (āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻž: a ÷ 0 āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
4. Commutative Property (āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ-āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻā§āĻŖ)
- a + b = b + a
- a × b = b × a
But, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤā§,
- a − b ≠ b − a
- a ÷ b ≠ b ÷ a
Note: This property is true only for Addition and Multiplication. āĻā§āĻāĻž: āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻŖ āĻā§ā§ąāϞ āϝā§āĻ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻŖ-ā§° āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝā§āĻā§āϝāĨ¤
5. Associative Property (āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻā§āĻŖ)
- a + (b + c) = (a + b) + c
- a × (b × c) = (a × b) × c
This property is not applicable to subtraction and division. āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ-ā§° āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝā§āĻā§āϝ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
6. Distributive Property (āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧰āĻŖ āĻā§āĻŖ)
- a × (b + c) = a × b + a × c
- (a + b) × c = a × c + b × c
7. Indices (āϏā§āĻāĻ/āĻāĻžāϤ)
Repeated multiplication can be written using indices (powers). āĻāĻā§ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āϤāĻžāĻ āϏā§āĻāĻ (Indices) āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻžāϤ (Powers) āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Examples:āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ:
- a × a = a² (Square) (āĻŦā§°ā§āĻ)
- a × a × a = a³ (Cube) (āĻāύ)
- a × a × ... × a (n times) = aâŋ
Here,
- a = Base (āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŋ)
- n = Index (Exponent : āϏā§āĻāĻ )
8. Important Laws of Indices (āϏā§āĻāĻā§° āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ)
- aáĩ × aâŋ = aáĩâēâŋ
- aáĩ ÷ aâŋ = aáĩâģâŋ (a ≠ 0)
- (aáĩ)âŋ = aáĩâŋ
- aâģËĸ = 1/aËĸ
- (aáĩ)âŋ = aáĩâŋ = (aâŋ)áĩ
- (ab)âŋ = aâŋbâŋ
- (abc...)âŋ = aâŋbâŋcâŋ...
- (a/b)âŋ = aâŋ/bâŋ (b ≠ 0)
- [(a/b)¹⁄âŋ]áĩ = [(a/b)áĩ]¹⁄âŋ
Note for Remember
- Real Numbers include both Rational and Irrational Numbers. āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž = āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž + āĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤
- Division by 0 is not defined. ā§Ļ-ā§°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤
- Commutative and Associative properties are not applicable to subtraction and division. āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ-āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§° āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝā§āĻā§āϝ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
- Multiplication follows the Distributive Property. āĻā§āĻŖ āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧰āĻŖ āĻā§āĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻāϞā§āĨ¤
- Indices make repeated multiplication easy to write.
- āϏā§āĻāĻā§° āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§ āĻā§°āĻž āĻā§āĻŖ āϏāĻšāĻā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤
Note | āĻā§āĻāĻž
1. Generator of Natural Numbers | āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ
The first natural number is 1 (one). By repeatedly adding 1, we obtain all natural numbers. (āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŽā§āĻāĻŖāĻŋ ā§§ (āĻāĻ)-ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ ā§§-āĻ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§ āϝā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āϏāĻāϞ⧠āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
1 + 1 = 2, 2 + 1 = 3, 3 + 1 = 4 …(ā§§ + ā§§ = ⧍, ⧍ + ā§§ = ā§Š, ā§Š + ā§§ = ā§Ē …)
Thus, 1 is called the generator of natural numbers. (āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻšā§ ā§§-āĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ (Generator) āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
2. Even Numbers | āϝā§āĻā§āĻŽ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž
Integers such as 2, 4, 6, 8, ... are of the form 2m, where m is an integer. These numbers are called Even Numbers. (⧍, ā§Ē, ā§Ŧ, ā§Ž, ... āĻāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻāϏāĻŽā§āĻš 2m āĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϝ'āϤ m āĻāĻāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§ā§°āĻ āϝā§āĻā§āĻŽ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž (Even Numbers) āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
3. Odd Numbers | āĻ āϝā§āĻā§āĻŽ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž
The integers which are not even are called Odd Numbers. Their general form is 2m + 1, where m is an integer. An integer is even if it is exactly divisible by 2; otherwise, it is odd.
āϝāĻŋāĻŦā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻ āϝā§āĻā§āĻŽ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϏā§āĻāĻŦā§ā§°āĻ āĻ āϝā§āĻā§āĻŽ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž (Odd Numbers) āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ ā§°ā§āĻĒ 2m + 1, āϝ'āϤ m āĻāĻāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ⧍-ā§°ā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠āĻ āϝā§āĻā§āĻŽ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž; āĻ āύā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻ āĻ āϝā§āĻā§āĻŽ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤
4. Factors | āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ
If an integer can be expressed as the product of two or more integers, then those integers are called the factors of the original integer. āĻāĻāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻāĻ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϤāϤā§āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻā§° āĻā§āĻŖāĻĢāϞ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋ, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠āϏā§āĻ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻāϏāĻŽā§āĻšāĻ āĻŽā§āϞ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻā§ā§° āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ (Factors) āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
5. Prime Numbers | āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž
Integers having only two different factors, namely 1 and the number itself, are called Prime Numbers. (āϝāĻŋāĻŦā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻā§° āĻā§ā§ąāϞ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§—ā§§ āĻā§°ā§ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻ—āϏā§āĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§ā§°āĻ āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž (Prime Numbers) āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
Ex: 2 = 1 × 2, 5 = 1 × 5, 11 = 1 × 11 (āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: ⧍ = ā§§ × ā§¨, ā§Ģ = ā§§ × ā§Ģ, ā§§ā§§ = ā§§ × ā§§ā§§)
From the above examples, we can define Prime Numbers as: āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏāĻŽā§āĻšā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž (Prime Numbers)-āĻ āĻāĻāĻĻā§°ā§ āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻ -
A prime number is a number that has only two factors: 1 and the number itself. āϝāĻŋ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻā§ā§ąāϞ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ - ā§§ āĻā§°ā§ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻ - āϤāĻžāĻ āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž (Prime Number) āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Note | āĻā§āĻāĻž
1 = 1 × 1 (ā§§ = ā§§ × ā§§)
The factors of 1 are 1 and itself. But 1 is not a prime number because its two factors are not different. (ā§§-ā§° āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ āĻšā§āĻā§ ā§§ āĻā§°ā§ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠⧧ āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
2 is the only even prime number. All other prime numbers are odd. (⧍-āĻ āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§ā§° āϝā§āĻā§āĻŽ āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāύ āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻ āϝā§āĻā§āĻŽāĨ¤)
Co-prime Numbers | āϏāĻšāĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž
Two integers are called co-prime numbers if 1 is their only common factor. (āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻā§° āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§ā§° āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ā§§ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤā§āύā§āϤ⧠āϏā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āϏāĻšāĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž (Co-prime Numbers) āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
Conversion of Decimal Fraction into p/q Form (āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻļāĻ p/q āĻāĻāĻžā§°āϞ⧠⧰ā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ⧰)
Ex 1 : Express 3.52 in the form p/q. (3.52-āĻ p/q āĻāĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤)
Solution: āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:
3.52 = 3 + 5/10 + 2/100
= (300 + 50 + 2)/100
= 352/100
Ex 2 : Express 3.523 in the form p/q. (3.523-āĻ p/q āĻāĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤)
Solution: āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:
3.523 = 3523/1000
Conversion of Repeating Decimal into p/q Form (āĻĒā§āύ⧰āĻžāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻ p/q āĻāĻāĻžā§°āϞ⧠⧰ā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ⧰)
Ex 3 :Express 0.818181... in the form p/q. (0.818181...-āĻ p/q āĻāĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤)
Solution: āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:
Let, āϧ⧰āĻž,
x = 0.818181... .......... (i)
Multiply both sides by 100, āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻĒāĻā§āώāĻ 100-ā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞā§,
100x = 81.818181... .......... (ii)
Subtract (i) from (ii): āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž (ii) ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž (i) āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞā§,
100x − x = 81.818181... − 0.818181...
99x = 81
x = 81/99
= 9/11
Therefore, 0.818181... = 9/11
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