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Number System | āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§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.


āĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤāĻœā§āĻž āĻļā§ā§°ā§€āύāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϏ ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āϜāύ āφāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ‚āĻ—āĻžā§° (ā§§ā§Žā§Žā§­–⧧⧝⧍ā§Ļ)-āĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•ā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ, "āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻŽā§‹ā§° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĨ¤" āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻœā§€ā§ąāύ⧰ āĻāϕ⧇āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§‡ āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŖāĻŋā§° āĻĒā§°āĻžāχ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰⧋āρāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻšā§‡ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āφāĻŽāĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĨ¤


Natural Numbers | āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§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, ...}


āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§°āĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (Natural Numbers) āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻžā§° āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻžā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāχ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§°ā§° āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: ā§§, ⧍, ā§Š, ā§Ē, ā§Ģ, ā§Ŧ, ... , ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ, ...


āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻāχāĻĻ⧰⧇ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ : {ā§§, ⧍, ā§Š, ā§Ē, ā§Ģ, ...}


Whole Numbers | āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž


When the number 0 (zero) is included with the natural numbers, the new set of numbers is called Whole Numbers. āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ ā§Ļ (āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ) āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ āϝāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§‹ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāĻ• āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (Whole Numbers) āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


The set of whole numbers is written as (āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻāχāĻĻ⧰⧇ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ): {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...}{ā§Ļ, ā§§, ⧍, ā§Š, ā§Ē, ā§Ģ, ...}


Number Line | āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻž


With the help of a number line, we can determine the positions of whole numbers. āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻž (Number Line)-ā§° āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§°ā§° āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‹āρāĨ¤


Ex: 0 ─ 1 ─ 2 ─ 3 ─ 4 ─ 5 ─ ... / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: ā§Ļ ─ ā§§ ─ ⧍ ─ ā§Š ─ ā§Ē ─ ā§Ģ ─ ...


Number Line | āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻž


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. (āĻāĻĄāĻžāϞ āϏ⧰āϞ ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻžāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āĻāϟāĻž āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āϞ⧈ āϤāĻžāĻ• ā§Ļ (āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ) āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁⧰ āϏ⧋āρāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāϤ ā§§, ⧍, ā§Š, ā§Ē, ... āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāχ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻž (Number Line) āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


Integers | āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ‚āĻ•


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.


āĻ‹āĻŖāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (-ā§§, -⧍, -ā§Š, ...), āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ (ā§Ļ) āφ⧰⧁ āϧāύāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (ā§§, ⧍, ā§Š, ...) āĻāϕ⧇āϞāϗ⧇ āϞ'āϞ⧇ āϝāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§‹ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāĻ• āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ‚āĻ• (Integers) āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ‚āϕ⧰ āϏāĻŽāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻāχāĻĻ⧰⧇ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ - {..., –ā§Š, –⧍, –ā§§, ā§Ļ, ā§§, ⧍, ā§Š, ā§Ē, ...} āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ‚āĻ•āϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšā§° āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻžāϤ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧁āĻ“ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Rational Numbers | āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§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 āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻ• p/q āφāĻ•āĻžā§°āϤ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋ, āϝ'āϤ p āφ⧰⧁ q āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ‚āĻ• āφ⧰⧁ q ≠ 0, āϤ⧇āύ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (Rational Number) āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: ā§§/⧍, ā§Š/ā§Ē, –ā§Ģ/ā§­. āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŸā§‹ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻžāϤ āĻāĻ• āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§°ā§‚āĻĒ⧇, ā§§/⧍ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž ā§Ļ āφ⧰⧁ ā§§-ā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤


Irrational Numbers | āĻ…āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§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 āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āφāϛ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ•āĻŋ? āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϝāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻ• p/q āφāĻ•āĻžā§°āϤ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāĻŦ āĻ¨ā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§°āĻŋ, āϝ'āϤ p āφ⧰⧁ q āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ‚āĻ• āφ⧰⧁ q ≠ 0, āϤ⧇āύ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻ…āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (Irrational Numbers) āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: √⧍,  √ā§Š,  π (āĻĒāĻžāχ) āĨ¤ āĻāχ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§°ā§°ā§‹ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻžāϤ āĻāĻ• āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


Real Numbers | āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§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 āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āĻ…āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž—āĻĻ⧁āϝāĻŧā§‹āϕ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻžāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§ā§ąāĻžāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻšā§‡ āĻāχ āĻĻ⧁āϝāĻŧā§‹ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§° āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻāϕ⧇āϞāϗ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (Real Numbers) āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž = āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž + āĻ…āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž


Real Numbers & Fundamental Mathematical Operations : āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž


1. Real Numbers (āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž) : Real Numbers are the collection of all Rational Numbers and Irrational Numbers. (āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (Real Numbers) āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (Rational Numbers) āφ⧰⧁ āĻ…āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (Irrational Numbers)-ā§° āϏāĻŽāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


Real Numbers = Rational Numbers + Irrational Numbers (āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž = āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž + āĻ…āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž)


2. Fundamental Mathematical Operations (āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž)


The four basic mathematical operations on real numbers are: Addition (+), Subtraction (−), Multiplication (×), Division (÷) [āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āϕ⧰āĻž āϚāĻžā§°āĻŋāϟāĻž āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻš'āϞ : āϝ⧋āĻ— (+), āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— (−), āϗ⧁āĻŖ (×), āĻ­āĻžāĻ— (÷)]


Real numbers obey certain mathematical properties. (āĻāχ āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšā§° āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§°āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāχ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ—āĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋ āϚāϞ⧇āĨ¤)


3. Identity Property (āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϚāϝāĻŧ āϗ⧁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§°āĻžāĻ–āĻŋāĻŦāĻž: a ÷ 0 āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


4. Commutative Property (āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ-āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϗ⧁āĻŖ)



  • a + b = b + a

  • a × b = b × a


But, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁,



  • a − b ≠ b − a

  • a ÷ b ≠ b ÷ a


Note: This property is true only for Addition and Multiplication. āĻŸā§‹āĻ•āĻž: āĻāχ āϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ āϝ⧋āĻ— āφ⧰⧁ āϗ⧁āĻŖ-ā§° āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§°āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝ⧋āĻœā§āϝāĨ¤


5. Associative Property (āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āϗ⧁āĻŖ)



  • a + (b + c) = (a + b) + c

  • a × (b × c) = (a × b) × c


This property is not applicable to subtraction and division. āĻāχ āϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āφ⧰⧁ āĻ­āĻžāĻ—-ā§° āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§°āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝ⧋āĻœā§āϝ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


6. Distributive Property (āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧰āĻŖ āϗ⧁āĻŖ)



  • a × (b + c) = a × b + a × c

  • (a + b) × c = a × c + b × c


7. Indices (āϏ⧂āϚāĻ•/āϘāĻžāϤ)


Repeated multiplication can be written using indices (powers). āĻāϕ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§‡ āϗ⧁āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ• āϏ⧂āϚāĻ• (Indices) āĻŦāĻž āϘāĻžāϤ (Powers) āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻŋ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Examples:āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ:



  • a × a = a² (Square) (āĻŦā§°ā§āĻ—)

  • a × a × a = a³ (Cube) (āϘāύ)

  • a × a × ... × a (n times) = aâŋ


Here,



  • a = Base (āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ)

  • n = Index (Exponent : āϏ⧂āϚāĻ• )


8. Important Laws of Indices (āϏ⧂āϚāϕ⧰ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ)



  1. aáĩ × aâŋ = aáĩâēâŋ

  2. aáĩ ÷ aâŋ = aáĩâģâŋ (a ≠ 0)

  3. (aáĩ)âŋ = aáĩâŋ

  4. aâģËĸ = 1/aËĸ

  5. (aáĩ)âŋ = aáĩâŋ = (aâŋ)áĩ

  6. (ab)âŋ = aâŋbâŋ

  7. (abc...)âŋ = aâŋbâŋcâŋ...

  8. (a/b)âŋ = aâŋ/bâŋ (b ≠ 0)

  9. [(a/b)¹⁄âŋ]áĩ = [(a/b)áĩ]¹⁄âŋ


Note for Remember



  • Real Numbers include both Rational and Irrational Numbers. āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž = āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž + āĻ…āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤

  • Division by 0 is not defined. ā§Ļ-⧰⧇ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻ¨ā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤

  • Commutative and Associative properties are not applicable to subtraction and division. āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ-āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφ⧰⧁ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āφ⧰⧁ āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§° āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§°āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝ⧋āĻœā§āϝ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

  • Multiplication follows the Distributive Property. āϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāχ āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧰āĻŖ āϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋ āϚāϞ⧇āĨ¤

  • Indices make repeated multiplication easy to write. 

  • āϏ⧂āϚāϕ⧰ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§‡ āϕ⧰āĻž āϗ⧁āĻŖ āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤


Note | āĻŸā§‹āĻ•āĻž


1. Generator of Natural Numbers | āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ•


The first natural number is 1 (one). By repeatedly adding 1, we obtain all natural numbers. (āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āφ⧰āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŖāĻŋ ā§§ (āĻāĻ•)-ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ ā§§-āĻ• āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§‡ āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§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. (āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻšā§‡ ā§§-āĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ• (Generator) āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


2. Even Numbers | āϝ⧁āĻ—ā§āĻŽ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§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, ... āφāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ‚āĻ•āϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš 2m āφāĻ•āĻžā§°ā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϝ'āϤ m āĻāϟāĻž āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ‚āĻ•āĨ¤ āĻāχ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§°āĻ• āϝ⧁āĻ—ā§āĻŽ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (Even Numbers) āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


3. Odd Numbers | āĻ…āϝ⧁āĻ—ā§āĻŽ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§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§āĻŖāĻžāĻ‚āĻ• āϝ⧁āĻ—ā§āĻŽ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϏ⧇āχāĻŦā§‹ā§°āĻ• āĻ…āϝ⧁āĻ—ā§āĻŽ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (Odd Numbers) āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ ā§°ā§‚āĻĒ 2m + 1, āϝ'āϤ m āĻāϟāĻž āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ‚āĻ•āĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻž āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ‚āĻ• āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ⧍-⧰⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻœā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āχ āϝ⧁āĻ—ā§āĻŽ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž; āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āχ āĻ…āϝ⧁āĻ—ā§āĻŽ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤


4. Factors | āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ•


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. āĻāϟāĻž āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ‚āĻ•āĻ• āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϤāϤ⧋āϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ‚āϕ⧰ āϗ⧁āĻŖāĻĢāϞ āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ‚āĻ•āϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšāĻ• āĻŽā§‚āϞ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŸā§‹ā§° āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ• (Factors) āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


5. Prime Numbers | āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž


Integers having only two different factors, namely 1 and the number itself, are called Prime Numbers. (āϝāĻŋāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ‚āϕ⧰ āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ• āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇—ā§§ āφ⧰⧁ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŸā§‹ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āχ—āϏ⧇āχ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§°āĻ• āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (Prime Numbers) āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


Ex: 2 = 1 × 2,  5 = 1 × 5,  11 = 1 × 11 (āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: ā§¨ = ā§§ × ā§¨, ā§Ģ = ā§§ × ā§Ģ, ā§§ā§§ = ā§§ × ā§§ā§§)


From the above examples, we can define Prime Numbers as: āĻ“āĻĒā§°ā§° āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (Prime Numbers)-āĻ• āĻāχāĻĻ⧰⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‹āρ -


A prime number is a number that has only two factors: 1 and the number itself. āϝāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ• āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ - ā§§ āφ⧰⧁ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŸā§‹ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āχ - āϤāĻžāĻ• āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (Prime Number) āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Note | āĻŸā§‹āĻ•āĻž


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§° āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ• āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ ā§§ āφ⧰⧁ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŸā§‹ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āχāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ ā§§ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻ•āĻžā§°āĻŖ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ• āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


2 is the only even prime number. All other prime numbers are odd. (⧍-āχ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§° āϝ⧁āĻ—ā§āĻŽ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤ āφāύ āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ…āϝ⧁āĻ—ā§āĻŽāĨ¤)


Co-prime Numbers | āϏāĻšāĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž


Two integers are called co-prime numbers if 1 is their only common factor. (āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ‚āϕ⧰ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§° āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ• āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ā§§ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āϏāĻšāĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž (Co-prime Numbers) āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


Conversion of Decimal Fraction into p/q Form (āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻ­āĻ—ā§āύāĻžāĻ‚āĻļāĻ• p/q āφāĻ•āĻžā§°āϞ⧈ ā§°ā§‚āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰)


Ex 1 : Express 3.52 in the form p/q. (3.52-āĻ• p/q āφāĻ•āĻžā§°āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āϕ⧰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 āφāĻ•āĻžā§°āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤)


Solution: āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:


3.523 = 3523/1000


Conversion of Repeating Decimal into p/q Form (āĻĒ⧁āύ⧰āĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤ āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻ• p/q āφāĻ•āĻžā§°āϞ⧈ ā§°ā§‚āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰)


Ex 3 :Express 0.818181... in the form p/q. (0.818181...-āĻ• p/q āφāĻ•āĻžā§°āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤)


Solution: āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:


Let, āϧ⧰āĻž,


x = 0.818181... .......... (i)


Multiply both sides by 100, āĻĻ⧁āϝāĻŧā§‹āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• 100-⧰⧇ āϗ⧁āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇,


100x = 81.818181... .......... (ii)


Subtract (i) from (ii): āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž (ii) ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž (i) āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇,


100x − x = 81.818181... − 0.818181...


99x = 81


x = 81/99


= 9/11


Therefore, 0.818181... = 9/11


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