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<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 800px"><img alt="A photo of an Eskimo family, mother, father and child, dressed in fur coats." height="369" src="https://data.ulearngo.com/assets/d51e50c8-dabf-406d-9a4a-b7f3e134a12b" width="800"/><p class="wp-caption-text">Quiltmakers know that by rearranging the same basic blocks the resulting quilts can look very different. What happens when we rearrange the numbers in an expression? Does the resulting value change? We will answer these questions in this tutorial as we will learn about the properties of numbers. (credit: Hans, Public Domain)</p></div>
<p>A quilt is formed by sewing many different pieces of fabric together. The pieces can vary in color, size, and shape. The combinations of different kinds of pieces provide for an endless possibility of patterns. Much like the pieces of fabric, mathematicians distinguish among different types of numbers. The kinds of numbers in an expression provide for an endless possibility of outcomes. We have already described counting numbers, whole numbers, and integers. In this tutorial, we will learn about other types of numbers and their properties.</p>
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Introduction to the Properties of Real Numbers

Mathematics studies measurement, relationships, and properties of quantities and sets, using numbers and symbols. Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and calculus are popular topics in mathematics.

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Learn about the properties of real numbers including rational and irrational numbers, classifying real numbers, using the commutative, associative, distributive, identity, inverse, and zero properties in simplifying and evaluating expressions, and converting between different units of measurement and temperature scales.


Introduction to the Properties of Real Numbers

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