The real numbers include natural numbers or counting numbers, whole numbers, integers, rational numbers (fractions and repeating or terminating decimals), and irrational numbers. For example, 3, 0, 1.5, 3/2, √5, -√3, -3, -2/3 and so on. All the numbers that are represented on the number line below are real numbers.

Is negative 4 a real number?

Real numbers are, in fact, pretty much any number that you can think of. This can include whole numbers or integers, fractions, rational numbers and irrational numbers. Real numbers can be positive or negative, and include the number zero.

What are real numbers Examples?

Real numbers include rational numbers like positive and negative integers, fractions, and irrational numbers that cannot be expressed in simple fractions. In other words, any number that we can think of, except complex numbers, is a real number. For example, 3, 0, 1.5, 3/2, ⎷5, and so on are real numbers.