- Reviews the properties of real numbers
- Appies real numbers to segments and lines
- Introduces Midpoint and Distance in 1 Dimension
- Introduces Segment Addition
2. Real Numbers
Whole numbers = counting numbers & 0
Integers = whole numbers and their negatives
Rational Numbers = can be written as a fraction of
integers
Terminating has a finite number of digits, ends
1/8 = 0.125
Nonterminating repeat, but never end
1/7 = 0.142857142857. = 0.142857
Irrational Numbers never repeat and do not end
= 3.141592654. 2 = 1.414213562.
3. Properties of Equality
for Real Numbers
Reflexive a=a
Symmetric If a = b, then b = a
Transitive If a = b and b=c, then a=c
Addition and Subtraction If a = b, then
a + c = b + c and a - c = b - c
Multiplication and Division If a = b, then
ac = bc and if c0 then a/c = b/c
Substitution If a = b, then a may be substituted for b
in any equation.
4. Number Lines
Real numbers can be superimposed on a line to
provide coordinates of points.
A point is selected as the starting point, or origin.
Numbers to the left or the origin are negative, to the
right positive.
A B C D
-2 -1 0 1 2 3
5. Distance on a Number Line
The distance between points is found by taking the
positive difference in their coordinates
Length (distance) A(Xa) to B (Xb)
d = AB = | Xb Xa |
Absolute value | a |
Means to take what ever is inside and make it positive
|8|=8
| -8 | = 8
6. Segments and Bteweenness
B is between A and C if it is on the same line and to
the right of one, and to the left of the other.
For any B between A and C, segment addition:
A B C
AB + BC = AC
For endpoints A and B, the Midpoint (M):
M = 1/2(A + B)