The
natural number set
Operations
with natural numbers
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The
natural number set
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Operations
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1. The natural numbers. The N set. |
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The concept of number is understood as the expression of a value, the quantification of a magnitude. Natural numbers express values regarding whole -not divided- things. Natural numbers are counted one by one starting with 0. They don't allow the partition of units and they only express positive values. |
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| N={0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ... ... ...} | |
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are other wider sets of numbers. Probably you know decimal numbers and integers as well. But there are also other numbers you will study for the next academic years. |
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2. Graphical representation of natural numbers. |
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Natural numbers are represented by means of dots on a straight line, but before that, we must set the position of dot 0 and the length of the segment unit, which will be placed on the line consecutively depending on the value of the number. |
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| Put the following dots on the line. | |
| 3. Ordering of natural numbers | |
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Sort the numbers from low to high |
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| Eduardo Barbero Corral | ||
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| Spanish Ministry of Education. Year 2007 | ||
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